“…Beneficial health-promoting properties of this group of compounds have been well known for years. Preclinical studies, as well as short-term randomized controlled tests, have demonstrated that flavonoids reduce the risk of cancer [ 325 , 326 , 327 , 328 ], exhibit beneficial health effects on cardiovascular and metabolic health [ 329 , 330 , 331 ], and play an important role in inflammation [ 332 , 333 ], which is involved in several stages of diseases such as asthma [ 334 , 335 , 336 ], diabetes [ 337 , 338 , 339 ], or neurodegenerative diseases [ 340 , 341 , 342 , 343 ]. Moreover, flavonoids display antiviral properties [ 344 , 345 , 346 , 347 ].…”