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.
Effects and Interactions
Flavonoids have inhibitory effects on influenza NA. They may have antiviral effects.
Reference
Liu, A. L., Wang, H. D., et al. (2008) Structure-activity relationship of flavonoids as influenza virus neuraminidase inhibitors and their in vitro anti-viral activities. Bioorg Med Chem 16, 7141-7147.
