Radical scavenging ability of gallic acid toward OH and OOH radicals-reaction mechanism and rate constants from the density functional theory

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 10380-10389

  Marino, Tiziana ^a   Galano, Annia ^b   Russo, Nino ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FREE RADICALS; PH; QUANTUM THEORY; RATE CONSTANTS; SCAVENGING;

FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY; HYDROPEROXYL RADICAL; PRIMARY ANTIOXIDANTS; REACTION MECHANISM; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REFERENCE COMPOUNDS; SCAVENGING HYDROXYL RADICALS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

6-HYDROXY-2,5,7,8-TETRAMETHYLCHROMAN-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID; BENZENE; CHROMAN DERIVATIVE; GALLIC ACID; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIPID; PEROXIDE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; SCAVENGER; SOLVENT; WATER;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON; PH; QUANTUM THEORY;

BENZENE; CHROMANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRONS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GALLIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIPIDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEROXIDES; QUANTUM THEORY; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 84923866626     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp505589b     Document Type: Article

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