Posts Tagged ‘Allergies’
Luteolin and Bioflavonoids as Therapeutic Agents
Why are antioxidants necessary in the human diet? Free radicals (also called Reactive Oxygen Species or ROS) are chemically highly reactive molecules that indiscriminately attack human tissue and cause all kinds of problems including aging, inflammation, autoimmune diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, chronic fatigue, depression, etc. The body regulates these ROS by means of enzyme systems…
Read MoreInflammation, TNF-alpha, and Apoptosis
When compared to other flavonoids, only luteolin and quercetin inhibited platelet-activating factor and suppressed a type of inflammatory response induced by allergens by inhibiting lipoxygenase. Luteolin inhibited the excess production of TNF-alpha, which directly causes inflammation and apoptosis (cell death). The scientists who conducted the study concluded that luteolin could be used to develop a…
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