“…Mechanisms of action research in the 1970s extended into various tissues, leveraging data from early observations on vascular permeability and capillary function, including the eye (Varma, ), renal and intestinal tissues (Robinson, L'Herminier, & Claudet, ). Studies of vascular effects (vessel dilation) and blood pressure (BP) reduction in animal models still predominated (Petkov & Manlov, ), while emerging targets included membrane transport (Robinson et al., ), enzyme inhibition (Borchardt & Huber, ), antimicrobial activity, and impact on metal chelation and antitumor activity (Brown, ; Fujita, Nagao, Varma, & Kinoshita, ). Early studies into the activity of flavonoids focused more on enzyme activity while later works concentrated on antioxidant effects.…”