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Dietary Polyphenols: Luteolin, Quercetin, and Apigenin as Potential Therapeutic Agents in the Treatment of Gliomas.

Weronika Justyńska, Mikołaj Grabarczyk, Ewa Smolińska, Aleksandra Szychowska, Andrzej Glabinski, Piotr Szpakowski

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Review in Nutrients, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Weronika JustyńskaMedical Faculty, Medical University of Lodz, 90-419 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0009-0008-3814-193X
Mikołaj GrabarczykMedical Faculty, Medical University of Lodz, 90-419 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0009-0006-3529-1989
Ewa SmolińskaMedical Faculty, Medical University of Lodz, 90-419 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0009-0001-2502-7213
Aleksandra SzychowskaMedical Faculty, Medical University of Lodz, 90-419 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0009-0000-6768-4919
Andrzej GlabinskiDepartment of Neurology and Stroke, Medical University of Lodz, Zeromskiego 113 Street, 90-549 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1305-1494
Piotr SzpakowskiDepartment of Neurology and Stroke, Medical University of Lodz, Zeromskiego 113 Street, 90-549 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0189-7652

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyphenols are a group of plant-derived compounds that possess a wide range of possible industrial and pharmaceutical applications. Their mechanisms of action are often enabled by their multifaceted anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. As a result of their promising biological profile, they have been the focus of extensive research, which has examined their potential in the treatment of various diseases. These studies have observed that polyphenols may be associated with decreased neoplastic cellular growth, therefore offering valuable potential in oncological therapies. Quercetin, luteolin, and apigenin belong to the group of polyphenols with the most documented efficacy in this regard, particularly against tumors of glial origin. This review gathers information from a multitude of in vitro investigations and animal-model-based research that explore the molecular pathways and biochemical mechanisms engaged by polyphenols which enable their anti-tumoral activity in the central nervous system. Ultimately, this article aims to summarize this research and use this data to comment on the influence of polyphenols on glioma-affected subjects, in addition to exploring methods for increasing their bioavailability for the purposes of clinical application.

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ApigeninBrain NeoplasmsGliomaLuteolinPolyphenolsQuercetinAnimalsAntioxidantsHumansAntioxidantsApigeninLuteolinPolyphenolsQuercetinapigeninglioblastomagliomasluteolinpolyphenolsquercetin

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PMCPMC12252104

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