Quercetin: A bioactive compound imparting cardiovascular and neuroprotective benefits: Scope for exploring fresh produce, their wastes, and by-products
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2021
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Quercetin, a bioactive secondary metabolite, holds incredible importance in terms of
bioactivities, which has been proved by in vivo and in vitro studies. The treatment of cardiovascular
and neurological diseases by quercetin has been extensively investigated over the past decade.
Quercetin is present naturally in appreciable amounts in fresh produce (fruits and vegetables).
However, today, corresponding to the growing population and global demand for fresh fruits
and vegetables, a paradigm shift and focus is laid towards exploring industrial food wastes and/or
byproducts as a new resource to obtain bioactive compounds such as quercetin. Based on the available
research reports over the last decade, quercetin has been suggested as a reliable therapeutic candidate
for either treating or alleviating health issues, mainly those of cardiovascular and neurological
diseases. In the present review, we have summarized some of the critical findings and hypotheses of
quercetin from the available databases foreseeing its future use as a potential therapeutic agent to
treat cardiovascular and neurological diseases. It is anticipated that this review will be a potential
reference material for future research activities to be undertaken on quercetin obtained from fresh
produce as well as their respective processing wastes/byproducts that rely on the circular concept.
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quercetin, secondary metabolite, cardioprotective and neuroprotective agent, fruits and vegetable wastes, by-products, circular economy, articles