Bioactivity and Therapeutic Potential of Kaempferol and Quercetin: New Insights for Plant and Human Health

• Published in: Plants (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 19; p. 2623
• Main Authors: Jan, Rahmatullah, Khan, Murtaza, Asaf, Sajjad, Lubna, Asif, Saleem, Kim, Kyung-Min
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Abiotic stress; Antiinfectives and antibacterials; Antimicrobial activity; antioxidant; Antioxidants; bioactivity; Bioavailability; Bioflavonoids; Biological activity; Biosynthesis; Chemical properties; Diet; Enzymes; Flavones; Flavonoids; Fruits; Health aspects; Kaempferol; Metabolism; Metabolites; Pharmaceutical industry; Plant metabolites; Quercetin; Review; Secondary metabolites; Signaling; therapeutic; South Korea; United States > US

Plant secondary metabolites, especially flavonoids, are major metabolites widely found in plants that play several key roles in plant defence and signalling in response to stress conditions. The most studied among these flavonoids are kaempferol and quercetin due to their anti-oxidative potential an...