New insights into the chemistry and antioxidant activity of coumarins

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 2600-2623

  Torres, Fernando Cidade ^a   Brucker, Natália ^a   Andrade, Saulo Fernandes ^a   Kawano, Daniel Fábio ^a   Garcia, Solange Cristina ^a   von Poser, Gilsane Lino ^a   Eifler Lima, Vera Lucia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Coumarins; DPPH antioxidant assay; Free radicals; Privileged structures; Structure activity relationships

Indexed keywords

2H CHROMEN 2 ONE; 3 METHYLCARBONYLCOUMARIN; 3 PHENYLCOUMARIN; 4 FORMYLCOUMARIN; 4 HYDROXY 3 (2 METHOXYPHENYL)COUMARIN; 4 HYDROXY 3 PHENYLCOUMARIN; 4 HYDROXYCOUMARIN; 4 HYDROXYL COUMARIN; 4,7 DIMETHYL 6 HYDROXY 4 METHYLCOUMARIN; 6 ACETOXY 4 METHYLCOUMARIN; 6 DIHYDROPYROLYLCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE; 6 HYDROXY 4 METHYLCOUMARIN; 7,8 DIHYDROXY 4 METHYL 2 OXO 2H CHROMEN 5 CARBOXYLIC ACID; 7,8 DIHYDROXY 4 METHYLCOUMARIN; 8 DIHYDROPYRAZOLYL DERIVATIVE; ANTIOXIDANT; COUMARIN; COUMARIN 3 CARBOXAMIDE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; ESCULETIN; FLAVONOL; GALANGIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HYDROXYL COUMARIN; HYMECROMONE; KAEMPFEROL; MYRICETIN; QUERCETIN; UMBELLIFERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACYLATION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ASSAY; ARTICLE; CHELATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; CYCLIZATION; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROXYLATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; TRANSESTERIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; COUMARINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 84921858445     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: 18734294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1568026614666141203144551     Document Type: Article

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