ABSTRACT
Humans relied for countless generations on plant extracts to recover the biological equilibrium lost from infections, wounds, tumors, and all type of ailments. Even today, a high percent of the world’s population still rely on plant preparations as the only therapeutic choice. The last century brought scientic knowledge to the popularly accepted benecial effects of plant extracts. Diverse biological actions such as anticancer, anti-in¤ammation, anti-atherosclerotic, or neuroprotective effects were
19.1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 339 19.2 Brain Degenerative Processes ......................................................................340 19.3 Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection ......................................................... 341 19.4 Achyrocline satureioides and its Flavonoids ................................................ 342 19.5 Plant Flavonoids as Promising Therapeutic Molecules
against Neurodegeneration ...........................................................................344 19.5.1 Working Mechanisms of Flavonoids ................................................344 19.5.2 Structural Characteristics Underlying Flavonoids Effects ...............346
