Marine natural flavonoids: chemistry and biological activities

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2019

Authors

Martins, BT (Author) Other; Marta Correia da Silva (Author) FFUP; Pinto, M (Author) Other; Cidade, H (Author) Other; Kijjoa, A (Author) Other; Honorina Cidade (Author) FFUP

Journal

Title: Natural Product Research

Vol. 33

Pages: 3260-3272

ISSN: 1478-6419

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 43 Citations

Scopus - 47 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00R-33F

DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2018.1470514

Abstract (EN): As more than 70% of the world's surface is covered by oceans, marine organisms offer a rich and unlimited resource of structurally diverse bioactive compounds. These organisms have developed unique properties and bioactive compounds that are, in majority of them, unparalleled by their terrestrial counterparts due to the different surrounding ecological systems. Marine flavonoids have been extensively studied in the last decades due to a growing interest concerning their promising biological/pharmacological activities. The most common classes of marine flavonoids are flavones and flavonols, which are mostly isolated from marine plants. Although most of flavonoids are hydroxylated and methoxylated, some marine flavonoids possess an unusual substitution pattern, not commonly found in terrestrial organisms, namely the presence of sulphate, chlorine, and amino groups. This review presents, for the first time in a systematic way, the structure, natural occurrence, and biological activities of marine flavonoids.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 13