Characterization and density functional theory study of the antioxidant activity of quercetin and its sugar-containing analogues

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Inhibition of free radicals using quercetin, hyperin and rutin is examined to determine their antioxidant effects and the structure-activity relationships of flavonoids. Two species of the free radicals are used, including hydroxyl radical (·OH) and superoxide anion radical (O2-·). Density functional theory calculations under the level of B3LYP/6-311G (d) have been utilized to explore the structure, molecular properties and antioxidant abilities of the three flavonoids. Bond dissociation enthalpy (BDE) and frontier molecular orbital energy gap are investigated. They are compared with the experiment results assayed by the spectrophotometric. All of the flavonoids show a high activity on inhibiting ·OH and O2-· radicals. Scavenging activity determined by half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values of the three flavonoids decreases in the order: quercetin > hyperin > rutin. The calculations show that quercetin owns the lowest BDE values, which agree well with the experimental results of antioxidant activity determined by IC50 values. © 2013 The Author(s).

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Cai, W., Chen, Y., Xie, L., Zhang, H., & Hou, C. (2014). Characterization and density functional theory study of the antioxidant activity of quercetin and its sugar-containing analogues. European Food Research and Technology, 238(1), 121–128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-013-2091-x

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