Title:Effects of Flavonoids in Experimental Models of Arterial Hypertension
Volume: 22
Issue: 9
Author(s): Noemi M. Atucha*, Paola Romecín, Felix Vargas and Joaquin García-Estañ*
Affiliation:
- Departmento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biomédica, Universidad de
Murcia, Murcia, Spain
- Departmento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biomédica, Universidad de
Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Keywords:
Endothelium, Oxidative stress, Hypertension, Renal, Nitric Oxide, Quercetin, Apigenin, Hesperidin.
Abstract: Flavonoids are a class of substances of a vegetal origin with many interesting actions
from the point of view of human disease. Interest in flavonoids in the diet has increased in recent
years due to the publication of basic, clinical and epidemiological studies that have shown a whole
array of salutary effects related to intake of flavonols and flavones as well as a lower morbility and
mortality of cardiovascular diseases. Since arterial hypertension is the most common modifiable
risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, this review will focus mainly on the effects of flavonoids on
the cardiovascular system with relation to the elevation of blood pressure. Its antihypertensive effects
as well as the many investigations performed in experimental models of arterial hypertension,
are reviewed in this mini-review.