Luteolin

See also : Flavonoids
Other names : Luteolol, Digitoflavone, Flacitran, Luteoline

Benefits and uses of Luteolin are

• Cancer : Luteolin inhibits the activation of cancer cells by suppressing pro-cancer enzymes, blocking the accumulation of carcinogens in new tissue and supporting the elimination of toxic agents. Consequently, luteolin is an effective dietary antioxidant that produces an anti-proliferative and anti-metastatic effect on the human body. Human myelogenous erythroleukamia and bladder carcinoma.The effects of various types of flavones, among them Apigenin and Luteolin, on two different cancer cell lines, including human chronic myelogenous erythroleukaemia (K562) and bladder carcinoma (RT112) were also part of other studies in the subject of flavones inhibitory properties on human tumor cancer cell lines. The results of one of this studies showed that the cytotoxic effects of flavones (apigenin and luteolin) on the already mentioned cancer cell lines suggested that flavones Apigenin and Luteolin could be considered as potential chemotherapeutic agents.
• anti-inflammatory : can reduce brain inflammation and reverse age-related memory deficits by directly blocking the release of inflammatory molecules in the brain. It’s common knowledge that antioxidants reduce inflammation in the body and that inflammation is the cause behind much illness, including many auto-immune diseases. Inflammation in the brain seems to play a major role in age-related memory loss. The University of Illinois study suggests that luteolin acts directly on the immune cells in the brain and spinal cord (known as microglial cells), reducing their production of inflammatory cytokines in the brain, small proteins that affect communication between and behavior of cells. Luteolin’s effect in decreasing the release of these proteins helps protect and, according to lead researcher Rodney Johnson, “allows working memory to be restored to what it was at an earlier stage.”

Food Sources :

• green bell peppers
• artichokes
• blueberries
• hot green chile peppers
• celery hearts
• thyme
• chamomile tea
• carrots
• olive oil
• peppermint
• rosemary
• parsley
• basil
• honey