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Meaning of quercetina

quercetina: It is the name of a flavonoid (vegetable pigment) found in fruits and vegetables. It has many uses in pharmacology and was tested as antiviral. The name has a Latin origin in quercetum , i ( cuerketum "oak forest, holm oaks, cork oaks" ); It is the name of a natural substance of the flavonol group and is found in high concentrations in the onion. It means that it is located or comes from the oak ( Quercus ). It is the flavonoid that humans consume the most naturally. It can be found in high concentrations in apples, broccoli, grapes or tea.; QUERCETINA flavonoid most common in the human diet, which exists in fruits and vegetables, especially in onions. They have as a spine to 3-hydroxyflavine. There is a great variety due to the great possibilities of positions that the phenolic group -OH can occupy.

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