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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Plant Polyphenols as Heart's Best Friends: From Health Properties, to Cellular Effects, to Molecular Mechanisms of Action.

Sanja Stankovic, Slavica Mutavdzin Krneta, Dragan Djuric, Verica Milosevic, Dragan Milenkovic

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Polyphenols and ADPKD: A Further Aid from Nature?Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sanja StankovicCenter for Medical Biochemistry, University Clinical Center of Serbia, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0003-0890-535X
Slavica Mutavdzin KrnetaInstitute of Medical Physiology "Richard Burian", Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0002-2886-7058
Dragan DjuricInstitute of Medical Physiology "Richard Burian", Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0003-2196-9438
Verica MilosevicDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, 18000 Nis, Serbia.
Dragan MilenkovicDepartment of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University, Kannapolis, NC 28081, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6353-0912

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyphenols are micronutrients found in fruits, vegetables, tea, coffee, cocoa, medicinal herbs, fish, crustaceans, and algae. They can also be synthesized using recombinant microorganisms. Interest in plant-derived natural compounds has grown due to their potential therapeutic effects with minimal side effects. This is particularly important as the aging population faces increasing rates of chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, arthritis, cardiovascular, and neurological disorders. Studies have highlighted polyphenols' capacity to reduce risk factors linked to the onset of chronic illnesses. This narrative review discusses polyphenol families and their metabolism, and the cardioprotective effects of polyphenols evidenced from in vitro studies, as well as from in vivo studies, on different animal models of cardiac disease. This study also explores the molecular mechanisms underlying these benefits. Current research suggests that polyphenols may protect against ischemia, hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, and myocardial injury through complex mechanisms, including epigenetic and genomic modulation. However, further studies under nutritionally and physiologically relevant conditions, using untargeted multigenomic approaches, are needed to more comprehensively elucidate these mechanisms and firmly prove the cardioprotective effects of polyphenols.

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Cardiotonic AgentsHeart DiseasesPolyphenolsAnimalsHeartHumansCardiotonic AgentsPolyphenolsbioavailabilityheart healthin vitro studyin vivo studypolyphenols

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PMID39940685
PMCPMC11816429

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