Titel
In Vitro Evaluation of Pro- and Antioxidant Effects of Flavonoid Tricetin in Comparison to Myricetin
Autor*in
Franz Hadacek
Department of Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht-von-Haller Institut, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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Abstract
Flavonoids are rather common plant phenolic constituents that are known for potent antioxidant effects and can be beneficial for human health. Flavonoids with a pyrogallol moiety are highly efficient reducing agents with possible pro- and antioxidant effects, depending on the reaction milieu. Therefore, the redox properties of myricetin and tricetin were investigated by differential pulse voltammetry and deoxyribose degradation assay. Tricetin proved to be a good antioxidant but only showed negligible pro-oxidant activity in one of the deoxyribose degradation assay variants. Compared to tricetin, myricetin showed pro- and antioxidant effects. The more efficient reducing properties of myricetin are probably caused by the positive mesomeric effect of the enolic 3-hydroxy group on ring C. It is evident that the antioxidant properties of structurally similar flavonoids can be converted to apparent pro-oxidant effects by relatively small structural changes, such as hydroxylation. Since reactive oxygen species (ROS) often serve as secondary messengers in pathological and physiological processes in animal and plant cells, the pro- and antioxidant properties of flavonoids are an important part of controlling mechanisms of tissue signal cascades.
Stichwort
agingelectroanalytical methodsFenton reactionfree radicalshomeostasisironneurodegenerationpolyphenolsreactive oxygen speciesROS
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Sprache
Englisch [eng]
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Titel
Molecules
Band
25
Ausgabe
24
ISSN
1420-3049
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Seitenanfang
5850
Publication
MDPI AG
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
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