Gastroprotective effect of flavonoids

Flavonoids are a group of about 4000 naturally occurring compounds with a wide range of biological effects, including antiulcer activity. They are important constituents of the human diet (a daily diet contains approximately 1 g of flavonoids per day) and are also found in several medicinal plants used in folk medicine around the world. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the gastroprotective effect of flavonoids ... 

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