Anti-obesity effects of polyphenol intake: Current status and future possibilities

M Boccellino, S D'Angelo - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The prevalence of obesity has steadily increased worldwide over the past three decades.
The conventional approaches to prevent or treat this syndrome and its associated …

Therapeutic potential of isoflavones with an emphasis on daidzein

MM Alshehri, J Sharifi-Rad… - Oxidative Medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Daidzein is a phytoestrogen isoflavone found in soybeans and other legumes. The chemical
composition of daidzein is analogous to mammalian estrogens, and it could be useful with a …

Soy, soy foods and their role in vegetarian diets

G Rizzo, L Baroni - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
Soy is a basic food ingredient of traditional Asian cuisine used for thousands of years. In
Western countries, soybeans have been introduced about a hundred years ago and recently …

An updated review of dietary isoflavones: Nutrition, processing, bioavailability and impacts on human health

K Zaheer, M Humayoun Akhtar - Critical reviews in food science …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Isoflavones (genistein, daidzein, and glycitein) are bioactive compounds with mildly
estrogenic properties and often referred to as phytoestrogen. These are present in …

Impact of dietary polyphenols on carbohydrate metabolism

K Hanhineva, R Törrönen, I Bondia-Pons… - International journal of …, 2010 - mdpi.com
Polyphenols, including flavonoids, phenolic acids, proanthocyanidins and resveratrol, are a
large and heterogeneous group of phytochemicals in plant-based foods, such as tea, coffee …

Anti-cancer potential of flavonoids: recent trends and future perspectives

P Batra, AK Sharma - 3 Biotech, 2013 - Springer
Cancer is a major public health concern in both developed and developing countries.
Several plant-derived anti-cancer agents including taxol, vinblastine, vincristine, the …

Role of quercetin as an alternative for obesity treatment: you are what you eat!

SF Nabavi, GL Russo, M Daglia, SM Nabavi - Food chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Obesity is one of the most serious global health problems, which increases the risk of other
different chronic diseases. The crucial role of oxidative stress in the initiation and …

[HTML][HTML] Pulse consumption, satiety, and weight management

MA McCrory, BR Hamaker, JC Lovejoy… - Advances in …, 2010 - Elsevier
The prevalence of obesity has reached epidemic proportions, making finding effective
solutions to reduce obesity a public health priority. One part of the solution could be for …

Methylation of flavonoids: Chemical structures, bioactivities, progress and perspectives for biotechnological production

N Koirala, NH Thuan, GP Ghimire, D Van Thang… - Enzyme and microbial …, 2016 - Elsevier
Among the natural products, flavonoids have been particularly attractive, highly studied and
become one of the most important promising agent to treat cancer, oxidant stress …

The effects of bioactive compounds from plant foods on mitochondrial function: A focus on apoptotic mechanisms

TY Forbes-Hernández, F Giampieri… - Food and Chemical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are essential organelles for cellular integrity and functionality maintenance
and their imparement is implicated in the development of a wide range of diseases …