Methylation of Dietary Flavones Increases Their Metabolic Stability and Chemopreventive Effects

Dietary flavones have promising chemoprotective properties, in particular with regard to cancer, but problems with low oral bioavailability and sometimes unacceptable toxicity have made their use as protective additives to normal diets questionable. However, methylation of free phenolic hydroxyl gro...

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Main Author: Thomas Walle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2009-11-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/11/5002/