Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Flavonoids Have Anti-influenza Effects


Flavonoids



Nutrients



Flavonoids


General Background



Flavonoids are polyphenols and commonly found in herbs. Researchers studied the structure-activity relationship (SAR) of 25 flavonoids and their effects on the neuraminidase (NA) gene of influenza virus (Liu et al., 2008). They used three typical influenza virus strains A/PR/8/34 (H1N1), A/Jinan/15/90 (H3N2), and B/Jiangshu/10/2003.



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