Flavins and flavoproteins: applications in medicine

Methods Mol Biol. 2014:1146:113-57. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0452-5_7.

Abstract

The potential of flavoproteins as targets of pharmacological treatments is immense. In this review we present an overview of the current research progress on medical interventions based on flavoproteins with a special emphasis on cancer, infectious diseases, and neurological disorders.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Communicable Diseases / drug therapy
  • Communicable Diseases / etiology
  • Communicable Diseases / metabolism
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Flavins / metabolism*
  • Flavoproteins / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Flavoproteins / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Mental Disorders / drug therapy
  • Mental Disorders / metabolism
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Nervous System Diseases / drug therapy
  • Nervous System Diseases / metabolism
  • Oxidation-Reduction

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Flavins
  • Flavoproteins