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22.4.1 Bone Health and Metabolism
22.4.1.1 Bone Health
Isoflavones exerts estrogen-like effect on bone by binding to ER-β and thus are
expected to have positive beneficial effects for bone health including osteoporosis.
In vitro and animal studies involving isoflavones and bone health suggest a positive
Table 22.2 List of flavonoid compounds having anti-pathogenic activities found in plant
organisms
Plants
Antimicrobial compound
Pathogen
References
Dianthus
caryophyllus
Flavonol triglycoside of
kaempferide
Fusarium oxysporum
Curir et al.
(2005)
Dianthus
caryophyllus
Kaempferol-O-rutinoside,
Kaempferol-3-O-b-Dglucopyranosyl
Fusarium oxysporum
Galeotti et al.
(2008)
Linum
usitatissimum
Isoorientin, isovitexin, vitexin Fusarium culmorum
Mierziak et al.
(2014)
Triticum L. cv.
Roblin
Flavonoids
Fusarium graminearum Ravensdale et al.
(2014)
Lotus garcinii
Catechin, epicatechin, rutin
Fusarium graminearum Girardi et al.
(2014)
Hordeumvulgare
Naringenin, kaempferol
Gibberella zeae
Bollina et al.
(2010)
Mariscus
psilostachys
Chalcones
Cladosporium
cucumerinum
Gafner et al.
(1996)
Arabidopsis
thaliana
Quercetin
Neurospora crassa
Parvez et al.
(2004)
Eucalyptus
globules
Flavonols
Cytonaema sp.
Eyles et al.
(2003)
Cicer bijugum
Isoflavonoids
Botrytis cinerea
Stevenson and
Haware (1999)
Medicago
truncatula
Isoflavone
Erysiphepisi
Foster et al.
(2007)
Vitis vinifera
Quercetin-3-O-glucoside
Plasmopara viticola
Ali et al. (2012)
Austrian pine
Flavonoids
Diplodia pinea
Sherwood and
Bonello (2013)
Glycine max
Isoflavone
Phytophthora sojae
Subramanian
et al. (2005)
Solanum
tuberosum
Glucosylated forms of
flavonoids
Erwinia carotovora
Velasco et al.
(2013)
Oryza sativa
Naringenin, kaempferol,
quercetin, hydroxyquercetin
Xanthomonas oryzae
pv. oryzae, Pyricularia
oryzae
Song et al.
(2013)
Lycopersicon
esculentum
Flavonoids
Pseudomonas syringae Vargas et al.
(2013)
Citrus sinensis
Flavonoid glycosides,
polymethoxylated flavones
Candidatus liberibacter Hijaz et al.
(2013)
S. Das et al.