Flavonoids: promising natural compounds against viral infections

• Published in: Archives of virology Vol. 162; no. 9; pp. 2539 - 2551
• Main Authors: Zakaryan, Hovakim, Arabyan, Erik, Oo, Adrian, Zandi, Keivan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.09.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animals; antioxidants; Antiviral activity; Antiviral Agents - chemistry; Antiviral Agents - pharmacology; antiviral properties; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Flavonoids; Flavonoids - chemistry; Flavonoids - metabolism; Flavonoids - pharmacology; Humans; in vivo studies; Infectious Diseases; Inflammation; mechanism of action; Medical Microbiology; Metabolites; Molecular modelling; Molecular Structure; plant physiology; Plants - chemistry; Plants - metabolism; Review; Secondary metabolites; Therapeutic applications; Viral infections; Virology; Virus Diseases - drug therapy; viruses

Flavonoids are widely distributed as secondary metabolites produced by plants and play important roles in plant physiology, having a variety of potential biological benefits such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral activity. Different flavonoids hav...