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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-22
pubmed:abstractText
The antioxidant activity of four derivatives of benzoic acid was systematically compared with the activity of the four homologous derivatives of cinnamic acid. The couples of compounds differed for the kind of aromatic substitution (p-hydroxy, p-hydroxymethoxy, p-hydroxydimethoxy, dihydroxy). The antioxidant activity was measured using (i) a competition kinetic test, to measure the relative capacity to quench peroxyl radical and (ii) the in vitro oxidative modification of human low-density lipoprotein (LDL), initiated by 2,2'-azobis(amidinopropane) dihydrochloride or catalyzed by Cu(II). In both models, cinnamic acids were more efficient than their benzoic counterparts. As for the influence of the aromatic substitution, in the kinetic test the antioxidant activity increased in the sequence p-hydroxy < p-hydroxymethoxy < dihydroxy < p-hydroxydimethoxy. In contrast, in the LDL system, the dihydroxy acids had an antioxidant capacity equal to or higher than that of the p-hydroxydimethoxy acids.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-8561
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1453-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-12-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Benzoic and cinnamic acid derivatives as antioxidants: structure-activity relation.
pubmed:affiliation
Free Radical Research Group, National Institute of Nutrition, Roma, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't