Natural phenolic metabolites with anti-angiogenic properties – a review from the chemical point of view

• Qiu Sun,
• Jörg Heilmann and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 249–264, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.28

• natural metabolites available from plants, phenolic compounds play a particularly important role in human health as they occur in significant amounts in many fruits, vegetables and medicinal plants. In this review natural phenolic compounds of plant origin with significant anti-angiogenic properties are

• described. Keywords: angiogenesis; natural phenolic compounds; structure–activity relationship; synthesis; Introduction The term angiogenesis is commonly used to describe the biological process of blood vessel growth. Nevertheless, it should be more precisely defined as the formation of new blood vessels

• biological and pharmacological aspects of anti-angiogenic compounds, including natural compounds containing a phenolic substructure [12][13][14]. To complement this previously discussed pharmacological point of view, this review focuses on recent reports of anti-angiogenic, natural, phenolic compounds

Bioactive selaginellins from Selaginella tamariscina (Beauv.) Spring

• Chao Yang,
• Yutian Shao,
• Kang Li and
• Wujiong Xia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1884–1889, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.217

• diseases. The role of free radicals in ageing, in cancer, and in cardiovascular, neurodegenerative and other diseases is more and more widely accepted [21][22]. Antioxidants are attracting increasing scientific and clinical attention. Natural phenolic compounds (flavonoids, lignans, phenolic acids