A quantum chemical explanation of the antioxidant activity of flavonoids

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1305-1312

  Van Acker, Saskia A B E ^a,b   De Groot, Marcel J ^a   Van Berg, Dirk Jan Den ^a,b   Tromp, Michèl N J L ^a   Kelder, Gabrielle Donné Op Den ^a   Van Der Vijgh, Wim J F ^b   Bast, Aalt ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; APIGENIN; CATECHIN; DIOSMIN; FISETIN; FLAVAN DERIVATIVE; FLAVANONE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GALANGIN; HESPERETIN; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; NARINGENIN; QUERCETIN; RADICAL; RUTOSIDE; SCAVENGER; TAXIFOLIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; OXIDATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLAVONOIDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0029852203     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx9600964     Document Type: Article

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