Prenylated flavonoids in food

Maurice D. Awouafack, Chin Piow Wong, Pierre Tane, Hiroyuki Morita*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Prenylflavonoids, which are also often referred to as prenylated flavonoids, are one of the classes of naturally occurring flavonoids that are widely distributed in plants. They possess at least one prenyl group on the flavonoid skeleton and have various reported bioactivities. Several prenylated flavonoids have been reported from edible plant species, such as H. lupulus, G. glabra, M. alba, A. heterophyllus, G. max, etc., and their efficacy for promoting human health has been discussed by mainly investigating their bioactivities. This chapter summarizes the bioactivities, bioavailabilities, and metabolism of the prenylated flavonoids from H. lupulus, G. glabra, M. alba, A. heterophyllus, and G. max, as well as their safety, application in foods, and some restrictions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook of Dietary Phytochemicals
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages347-369
Number of pages23
ISBN (Electronic)9789811541483
ISBN (Print)9789811541476
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021/08/09

Keywords

  • Application
  • Bioactivity
  • Food sources
  • Prenylated flavonoids
  • Safety

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering
  • General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • General Medicine

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