Modeling the peroxyl radical scavenging behavior of Carnosic acid: Mechanism, kinetics, and effects of physiological environments

2021 ◽  
Vol 192 ◽  
pp. 112950
Author(s):  
Houssem Boulebd
2010 ◽  
Vol 140 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Santhosh Kumar ◽  
Amit Kunwar ◽  
Beena G. Singh ◽  
Adeel Ahmad ◽  
K. Indira Priyadarsini

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 1934578X0600101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Antonio Garbarino ◽  
Nicolás Troncoso ◽  
Pia Delpiano ◽  
Loreto Carvajal ◽  
Alessandra Russo

Rosmarinus officinalis L. presents a high genetic variability, which is reflected in the chemical composition of the different individuals, and consequently in its biological activity, including antioxidant capacity. The aim of the present research was to correlate the chemical composition of methanolic extracts of the dried leaves of eight rosemary accessions with their antioxidant activity for the selection of plants to optimize the use of rosemary. The eight samples examined, starting from a collection of more than 160 individuals selected by BOTANE Ltd, were cultivated at Illapel, north central Chile, using the same cultivation techniques. The free radical-scavenging capacity was tested by the ability of extracts to bleach the stable 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl radical (DPPH) and to inhibit superoxide anion (O2-) and hydroxyl radical (.OH) production. The metal chelating activity was estimated by the ferrozine assay. All extracts (1–8) contained high concentrations of carnosic acid, and to a minor extent rosmarinic acid, and exhibited antioxidant activity. However, extracts 7 and 8, containing 31.7 and 26.1% of carnosic acid, respectively, have shown a higher biological effect, confirming that the antioxidant activity of R. officinalis leaves is primarily related to this phenolic diterpene and suggesting that the measure of antioxidant activity could be considered a good method in the selection of this plant for its optimization. Interestingly, our experimental evidence also suggests that air pollution negatively influences the carnosic acid content. In fact, samples 3 and 4, with a low carnosic acid content, originated from a highly polluted metropolitan area of Santiago city.


2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maura N. Laus ◽  
Mariagrazia P. Cataldi ◽  
Carlo Robbe ◽  
Tiziana D'Ambrosio ◽  
Maria L. Amodio ◽  
...  

Antioxidant capacity (AC) of quinoa (<em>Chenopodium quinoa</em> Willd. cv. Real) seeds and sprouts obtained after 4 days of seed germination at 20°C and 70% humidity was evaluated using trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assays, able to highlight reducing activity and peroxyl radical scavenging capacity, respectively; phenolic content (PC) was also measured. Both TEAC and ORAC assays revealed a significantly higher (about 2- and 2.8-fold, respectively) AC of 4-day-old sprouts compared to seeds; consistently, also PC values of sprouts resulted about 2.6 times higher than seeds. In order to investigate the influence of storage on AC and PC, as well as on vitamin C content (VCC), 4-day-old sprouts were subjected for 7 days at 5°C to three different conditions of controlled atmosphere storage (CAS) compared with air. Interestingly, whatever the CAS conditions, storage of quinoa sprouts up to 7 days induced an increase of AC evaluated in terms of reducing activity by TEAC assay. Consistently, an increase of PC and VCC was measured during storage, positively correlated to TEAC values. Moreover, a decrease of peroxyl radical scavenging activity, measured by ORAC, was observed after 7 days of storage, in accordance with a shift of AC towards the reducing activity component. Overall, these findings indicate that sprouting approach using quinoa may provide highly antioxidant-enriched seedlings that may improve nutritional quality of diet or of functional foods. Interestingly, antioxidant properties of quinoa sprouts may be deeply influenced by storage, able to increase reducing activity by increasing phenols and vitamin C.


1995 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 1649-1655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indrani Maitra ◽  
Lucia Marcocci ◽  
Marie Therese Droy-Lefaix ◽  
Lester Packer

2008 ◽  
Vol 56 (22) ◽  
pp. 10510-10514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Huu Tung ◽  
Yan Ding ◽  
Sang Kyum Kim ◽  
KiHwan Bae ◽  
Young Ho Kim

1999 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 577-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiyuki KAWASUMI ◽  
Masami SATO ◽  
Yoshihiro TSURIYA ◽  
Shigenori UENO

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