Recent Progress Regarding Kaempferol for the Treatment of Various Diseases (Review)
EXPERIMENTAL AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICINE 18: 2759-2776, 2019 Recent progress regarding kaempferol for the treatment of various diseases (Review) JIE REN1,2*, YIFEI LU1,2*, YANHONG QIAN1,2, BOZHOU CHEN1,2, TAO WU1,2 and GUANG JI2 1Center of Chinese Medical Therapy and Systems Biology, Institute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203; 2Institute of Digestive Disease, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China Received March 3, 2019; Accepted July 16, 2019 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2019.7886 Abstract. Kaempferol, also known as kaempferol-3 or 4. Application of KP in liver and metabolic diseases kaempferide, is a flavonoid compound that naturally occurs 5. KP protects the vascular endothelium in tea, as well as numerous common vegetables and fruits, 6. KP protects heart function including beans, broccoli, cabbage, gooseberries, grapes, 7. KP protects the cranial nerve kale, strawberries, tomatoes, citrus fruits, brussel sprouts, 8. KP for fibroproliferative disorders apples and grapefruit. The present review mainly summarizes 9. Conclusion the application of kaempferol in treating diseases and the underlying mechanisms that are currently being studied. Due to its anti‑inflammatory properties, it may be used to treat 1. Introduction numerous acute and chronic inflammation‑induced diseases, including intervertebral disc degeneration and colitis, as Kaempferol (KP; chemical name, 3,5,7‑trihydroxy‑2‑ well as post‑menopausal bone loss and acute lung injury. In (4‑hydroxyphenyl)‑4H‑1‑benzopyran‑4‑one; also known as addition, it has beneficial effects against cancer, liver injury, kaempferol‑3, kaempferide or kaempferol flavonol) is a type of obesity and diabetes, inhibits vascular endothelial inflamma- flavonoid.
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