“…The cancer preventive and therapeutic effects of quercetin have been demonstrated through in vitro as well as in vivo experimental findings [ 21 , 22 ]. As depicted in Scheme 1 , Que consists of three phenolic rings (A, B, and C rings); it has three available sites for metal chelation including ortho-dihydroxyl (catechol) group of the B ring (site A), 5-hydroxy-4-keto group (site B), and 3-hydroxy-4-keto group (site C), since both hydroxyl and keto groups of Que have the ability to form metal complexes [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 ]. Interestingly, it was observed that some biological properties of quercetin such as antioxidant, antibacterial, and antitumor activities, change with metal chelation.…”