Computational studies of free radical-scavenging properties of phenolic compounds

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 85-104

  Alov, Petko ^a   Tsakovska, Ivanka ^a   Pajeva, Ilza ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Free radicals; Phenols; Polyphenols; QSAR; Quantum chemical modelling; Radical scavengers

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; FREE RADICAL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL; SCAVENGER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ASSAY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENTHALPY; HYDROGEN BOND; IC50; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STOICHIOMETRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY;

FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENOLS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84926362172     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: 18734294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1568026615666141209143702     Document Type: Article

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