Table of Contents
32 relations: American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Anemia, Arrhythmia, Chronic venous insufficiency, Colorectal surgery, Compression stockings, Daflon, Dermatitis, Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft, Dietary supplement, Diosmetin, Diosmin, Edema, Evidence-based medicine, Extract, Flavone, Flavonoid, Food and Drug Administration, Gastrointestinal disease, Glycoside, Hemorrhoid, Hesperidin, Hives, Medical food, Peel (fruit), Pregnancy, Prescription drug, Rectum, Stasis dermatitis, Toxicity, Venalex, Venous ulcer.
- Flavone glycosides
- Medical food
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), formerly the American Proctologic Society, is a professional society for surgeons specializing in colorectal surgery.
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Anemia
Anemia or anaemia (British English) is a blood disorder in which the blood has a reduced ability to carry oxygen.
Arrhythmia
Arrhythmias, also known as cardiac arrhythmias, are irregularities in the heartbeat, including when it is too fast or too slow.
Chronic venous insufficiency
Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is a medical condition in which blood pools in the veins, straining the walls of the vein.
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Colorectal surgery
Colorectal surgery is a field in medicine dealing with disorders of the rectum, anus, and colon.
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Compression stockings
Compression stockings (Flight Socks, Support Bandage) are a specialized hosiery designed to help prevent the occurrence of, and guard against further progression of, venous disorders such as edema, phlebitis and thrombosis.
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Daflon
Daflon is an oral micronized purified phlebotonic flavonoid fraction containing 90% diosmin and 10% hesperidin.
Dermatitis
Dermatitis is inflammation of the skin, typically characterized by itchiness, redness and a rash.
Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft
The Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft e.V. (DDG, German Dermatological Society; "e.V." meaning "registered association") is a scientific specialized society for dermatology in Germany.
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Dietary supplement
A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement a person's diet by taking a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or liquid. Diosmin and dietary supplement are dietary supplements.
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Diosmetin
Diosmetin, also known as 5,7,3′-trihydroxy-4′-methoxyflavone, is an ''O''-methylated flavone, a chemical compound that can be found in the Caucasian vetch.
Diosmin
Diosmin (diosmetin 7-O-rutinoside), a flavone glycoside of diosmetin, is manufactured from citrus fruit peels as a phlebotonic non-prescription dietary supplement used to aid treatment of hemorrhoids or chronic venous diseases, mainly of the legs. Diosmin and Diosmin are dietary supplements, flavone glycosides and medical food.
Edema
Edema (AmE), also spelled oedema (BrE), and also known as fluid retention, dropsy, hydropsy and swelling, is the build-up of fluid in the body's tissue.
Evidence-based medicine
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.
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Extract
An extract (essence) is a substance made by extracting a part of a raw material, often by using a solvent such as ethanol, oil or water.
Flavone
Flavone is an organic compound with the formula.
Flavonoid
Flavonoids (or bioflavonoids; from the Latin word flavus, meaning yellow, their color in nature) are a class of polyphenolic secondary metabolites found in plants, and thus commonly consumed in the diets of humans.
Food and Drug Administration
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Gastrointestinal disease
Gastrointestinal diseases (abbrev. GI diseases or GI illnesses) refer to diseases involving the gastrointestinal tract, namely the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and rectum; and the accessory organs of digestion, the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
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Glycoside
In chemistry, a glycoside is a molecule in which a sugar is bound to another functional group via a glycosidic bond.
Hemorrhoid
Hemorrhoids (or haemorrhoids), also known as piles, are vascular structures in the anal canal.
Hesperidin
Hesperidin is a flavanone glycoside found in citrus fruits.
Hives
Hives, also known as urticaria, is a kind of skin rash with red, raised, itchy bumps.
Medical food
Medical foods are foods that are specially formulated and intended for the dietary management of a disease that has distinctive nutritional needs that cannot be met by normal diet alone.
Peel (fruit)
Peel, also known as rind or skin, is the outer protective layer of a fruit or vegetable which can be peeled off.
Pregnancy
Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring develops (gestates) inside a woman's uterus (womb).
Prescription drug
A prescription drug (also prescription medication, prescription medicine or prescription-only medication) is a pharmaceutical drug that is permitted to be dispensed only to those with a medical prescription.
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Rectum
The rectum (rectums or recta) is the final straight portion of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals, and the gut in others.
Stasis dermatitis
Stasis dermatitis refers to the skin changes that occur in the leg as a result of "stasis" or blood pooling from insufficient venous return; the alternative name of varicose eczema comes from a common cause of this being varicose veins.
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Toxicity
Toxicity is the degree to which a chemical substance or a particular mixture of substances can damage an organism.
Venalex
Venalex is a micronized purified flavonoid fraction containing 90% diosmin and 10% hesperidin.
Venous ulcer
Venous ulcer is defined by the American Venous Forum as "a full-thickness defect of skin, most frequently in the ankle region, that fails to heal spontaneously and is sustained by chronic venous disease, based on venous duplex ultrasound testing." Venous ulcers are wounds that are thought to occur due to improper functioning of venous valves, usually of the legs (hence leg ulcers).
See also
Flavone glycosides
- Apiin
- Baicalin
- Diosmin
- Hidrosmin
- Luteolin-7-O-glucuronide
- Mirificin
- Orientin
- Oroxindin
- Rhoifolin
- Scutellarin
- Theograndin I
- Veronicastroside
Medical food
- Β-Hydroxy β-methylbutyric acid
- Axona
- Chromium(III) nicotinate
- Danone
- De Simone Formulation
- Diosmin
- Enzymotec
- Flavocoxid
- Glutamine
- Juven
- Levomefolic acid
- Medical food
- Medium-chain triglyceride
- Metanx
- Nestlé
- Pamlab
- Serum-derived bovine immunoglobulin/protein isolate
- Souvenaid
References
Also known as ATC code C05CA03, ATCvet code QC05CA03, C28H32O15, Diosmin 95, Diosmin95, Diosminplex, Diosmiplex, Phlebotonic, Phlebotonics, Phlebotropic, Vasculera.