Astaxanthin diferulate as a bifunctional antioxidant

T.B.R. Papa, V.D. Pinho, E.P. do Nascimento, W.G. Santos, A.C.B. Burtoloso, Leif Horsfelt Skibsted, D.R. Cardoso

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Abstract

Astaxanthin when esterified with ferulic acid is better singlet oxygen quencher with k2 = (1.58 ± 0.1) 1010 L mol-1s-1 in ethanol at 25°C compared with astaxanthin with k2 = (1.12 ± 0.01) 109 L mol-1s-1. The ferulate moiety in the astaxanthin diester is a better radical scavenger than free ferulic acid as seen from the rate constant of scavenging of 1-hydroxyethyl radicals in ethanol at 25°C with a second-order rate constant of (1.68 ± 0.1) 108 L mol-1s-1 compared with (1.60 ± 0.03) 107 L mol-1s-1 for the astaxanthin:ferulic acid mixture, 1:2 equivalents. The mutual enhancement of antioxidant activity for the newly synthetized astaxanthin diferulate becoming a bifunctional antioxidant is rationalized according to a two-dimensional classification plot for electron donation and electron acceptance capability.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftFree Radical Research
Vol/bind49
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)102-111
Antal sider10
ISSN1071-5762
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 jan. 2015

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