“…Quercetin (Qcn) is a natural and important dietary flavonoid compound that is widely distributed in fruits and vegetables. Mounting evidence suggests that Qcn has numerous beneficial effects, including anti-inflammatory (Periasamy et al, 2016 ), anti-apoptosis (Ben Salem et al, 2016 ), anti-ischemic (Ekinci Akdemir et al, 2016 ), anti-oxidation (Xu et al, 2016 ), anti-endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress (Ben Salem et al, 2015 ), anti-mutagenic (Barcelos et al, 2011 ), and anti-viral (Wu W. et al, 2015 ) effects in addition to promoting mitochondrial biogenesis (Sharma et al, 2015 ). In the retina, it has been reported that Qcn has protective effects in multiple lesions, including retina ischemia-reperfusion injury (Arikan et al, 2015 ), oxidative damage of RPE cells (Hytti et al, 2015 ), diabetes-induced retinal neurodegeneration (Kumar et al, 2014 ), choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration (Zhuang et al, 2011 ), vascular endothelial growth factor-induced choroidal and retinal angiogenesis (Li et al, 2015 ), and ocular inflammation (Romero et al, 1989 ).…”