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Nutrition » Vitexin

AI Overview

Vitexin is a flavonoid that has many potential health benefits, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective properties. It may also help with cancer, diabetes, and asthma. 
Antioxidant 
  • Protects against oxidative damage from reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxidation
  • May help with oxidative stress-related diseases like seizures, memory impairment, and myocardial injury
Anti-inflammatory 
  • May help with asthma by reducing inflammation and Th2 cytokines
  • May help with chronic myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury
Neuroprotective
  • May help with neurodegeneration by increasing neuroprotective factors and pathways 
  • May help with Parkinson's disease by increasing dopamine levels and restoring behavioral deficits 
Anti-cancer May have anticancer properties. 
Anti-diabetes 
  • May help with diabetes by protecting pancreatic β-cells and decreasing apoptosis
Other benefits 
  • May help with cardiac hypertrophy
  • May inhibit platelet aggregation and vascular smooth contractility
  • May have anticonvulsant and anxiolytic-like effects
Vitexin

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