title: Kinetics and products of OH radical addition to baicalin.
abstract: The reaction of OH radicals with baicalin was studied by pulse and gamma radiolysis in N2O-saturated aqueous solutions. The addition of an OH radical to baicalin produced an intermediate species that shows a maximum UV absorbance band at 420 nm and decays with a unimolecular rate constant of 1.25 x 10(4) s-1 and a bimolecular rate constant of 6.1 x 10(8) mol-1 dm3 s-1. Four major final products were obtained by gamma irradiation, and their structures were identified. Two of them (P1 and P2) are suggested to originate from the unimolecular reaction and the other two (P3 and P4) from the bimolecular reaction of the radicals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Technical Physics, Beijing University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D005419:Flavonoids / Q000378:metabolism*; D005720:Gamma Rays; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D011675:Pulse Radiolysis
chemical_list: D005419:Flavonoids; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; C038044:baicalin