黄酮类化合物保护低密度脂蛋白氧化作用和减少动脉粥样硬化作用

食用含黄酮类物质食物将导致它们在血浆和组织中出现,摄入量和心血管的疾病成反比关系可能是与黄酮类减少了低密度脂蛋白氧化作用。黄酮类对动脉低密度脂蛋白细胞间接氧化作用可通过对他们在脂蛋白动脉的细胞累积来测定,如巨噬细胞。黄酮类可清除反应的氧、氮种类,螯合金属离子和节制低密度脂蛋白联合抗氧化作用,减少低密度脂蛋白氧化作用。通过抑制细胞氧合酶(如烟酰胺、腺嘌呤、二核甙酸、磷酸盐,减少氧化酶的形成)或通过启动细胞抗氧化剂(如谷胱甘肽系统)也能减少巨噬细胞氧化压力。 因此,黄酮类植物是有效的天然的抗氧化剂,既能保护反抗动脉细胞和脂蛋白类脂过氧化作用,又能有效的减少动脉粥样硬化的形成。

Flavonoids Protect LDL from Oxidation and Attenuate Atherosclerosis

Consumption of some plant-derived flavonoids results in their absorption and appearance in plasma and tissues. The inverse relationship between dietary flavonoids consumption and cardiovascular diseases may be associated with the ability of flavonoids to attenuate LDL oxidation, macrophage foam cell formation and atherosclerosis. The effect of flavonoids on arterial cell-mediated oxidation of LDL is determined by their accumulation in the lipoprotein and in arterial cells, such as macrophages. Flavonoids can reduce LDL lipid peroxidation by scavenging reactive oxygen/nitrogen species, chelation of transition metal ions and sparing of LDL-associated antioxidants. They can also reduce macrophage oxidative stress by inhibition of cellular oxygenases such as nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, reduced form (NADPH) oxidase] or by activating cellular antioxidants (such as the glutathione system). Thus, plant flavonoids, as potent natural antioxidants that protect against lipid peroxidation in arterial cells and lipoproteins, significantly attenuate the development of atherosclerosis.