[Flavonoids as medicines]

Although flavonoids have been used for a long time, many medical practitioners and pharmacists know very little about them. This article gives a few particulars of some flavonoids and plant extracts: rutin, water soluble derivatives of rutin, citroflavonoids, anthrocyanins, procyanidins, silymarin, Ginkgo biloba, Chrysanthellum indicum and Lespedeza capitata.