Alejolowo, Omokolade and Austin, Gloria and Nwonuma, Charles and Adigun, Temidayo and Omoniwa, Babasoji and Adeyemi, Oluyomi and Adekemi, Oluwafemi (2024) Puerarin: A Stimulator of NRF-2 Against Oxidative Damage in Diseases. In: 2024 International Conference on Science, Engineering and Business for Driving Sustainable Development Goals (SEB4SDG), Omu-aran, Nigeria.
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Puerarin is a naturally occurring isoflavone lavishly present in the genus Pueraria such as Pueraria lobata and Pueraria mirifica. It has tremendous antioxidant, anti-inflammatory potency and greatly influence the expression of Nrf-2. The current review present the contribution of Nrf-2 in facilitating the neuroprotective effect of puerarin in intracerebral haemorrhage Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Furthermore the cardioprotective, anti-hypertensive, antidiabetic, antiaging and antiobesity impact of puerarin mainly via the Nrf-2 pathway was also elucidated. Taken together, puerarin could be a potential natural product that would play a key role in drug discovery
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mr Omokolade Alejolowo |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2026 09:19 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2026 09:19 |
| URI: | https://eprints.lmu.edu.ng/id/eprint/6003 |
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