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Flavonoids and Other Phenolic Compounds from Medicinal Plants for Pharmaceutical and Medical Aspects: An Overview

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Tungmunnithum, Duangjai, Thongboonyou, Areeya, Pholboon, Apinan, Yangsabai, Aujana·2018·Medicines

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Phenolic compounds as well as flavonoids are well-known as antioxidant and many other important bioactive agents that have long been interested due to their benefits for human health, curing and preventing many diseases. This review attempts to demonstrate an overview of flavonoids and other phenolic compounds as the interesting alternative sources for pharmaceutical and medicinal applications. The examples of these phytochemicals from several medicinal plants are also illustrated, and their potential applications in pharmaceutical and medical aspects, especially for health promoting e.g., antioxidant effects, antibacterial effect, anti-cancer effect, cardioprotective effects, immune system promoting and anti-inflammatory effects, skin protective effect from UV radiation and so forth are highlighted.

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  • Food by-products are rich in phenolic compounds.

    “According to the literature, those by-products are rich in phenolic compounds (PC), which are characterized for their high antioxidant capacity and anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects [14,15].”

    From On the Path to Sustainable Cosmetics: Development of a Value-Added Formulation of Solid Shampoo Incorporating Mango Peel Extract (2023) · cites this paper as [15]

    Section 2.1 reports phenolic compounds in fruit peel, and Section 2.2 reports phenolics in mango kernel extract. These examples support the presence of phenolics in materials that can be food by-products, but the paper does not establish that food by-products generally are rich in them. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.81)

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  • Phenolic compounds have high antioxidant capacity and anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects.

    “According to the literature, those by-products are rich in phenolic compounds (PC), which are characterized for their high antioxidant capacity and anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects [14,15].”
  • Some dietary botanicals could be useful supplements for mature skin care due to their antimutagenic, antioxidant and free-radical-scavenging properties.

    “Due to their ability to protect the skin from harmful UV-induced effects through their antimutagenic, antioxidant and free-radical-scavenging properties, some dietary botanicals could be useful supplements for mature skin care [23,24].”

    From Bioactive Compounds for Skin Health: A Review (2021) · cites this paper as [24]

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Authors
Tungmunnithum, D., Thongboonyou, A., Pholboon, A., & Yangsabai, A.
Affiliations
Mahidol University (TH)
Corresponding author
Tungmunnithum, Duangjai
Venue
Medicines
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2018-08-25
Volume
5
Issue
3
Pages
93
ISSN
2305-6320 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2888459204
Cited by
1,969
References
106
Citations by year
2026: 142 · 2025: 256 · 2024: 325 · 2023: 348 · 2022: 382 · 2021: 263 · 2020: 192 · 2019: 53 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
13.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Medicines (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
National Museum of Nature and Science
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bioactive natural compounds
Keywords
flavonoids, phenolic compounds, medicinal plants, phytochemicals, antioxidant activity, antibacterial activity, anticancer activity, cardioprotection, anti-inflammatory activity, UV protection, health promotion

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