A planar conformation and the hydroxyl groups in the B and C rings play a pivotal role in the antioxidant capacity of quercetin and quercetin derivatives

Molecules

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 9636-9650

  Moalin, Mohamed ^a,b   Van Strijdonck, Gino P F ^b   Beckers, Maud ^b   Hagemen, Geja J ^a   Borm, Paul J ^b   Bast, Aalt ^a   Haenen, Guido R M M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Flavonoids; Methylation; Quercetin; Rutin

Indexed keywords

2,2' AZINO DI (3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE) 6 SULFONIC ACID; 2,2'-AZINO-DI-(3-ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE)-6-SULFONIC ACID; 3-METHYLQUERCETIN; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROXIDE; HYDROXIDE ION; QUERCETIN; QUERCETIN 3 METHYL ETHER; RUTOSIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; HUMANS; HYDROXIDES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUERCETIN; RUTIN; SULFONIC ACIDS;

EID: 82255189781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules16119636     Document Type: Article

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