title: Interaction of hydrated electron with dietary flavonoids and phenolic acids: rate constants and transient spectra studied by pulse radiolysis.
abstract: The reaction rate constants and transient spectra of 11 flavonoids and 4 phenolic acids reacting with e(aq)- at neutral pH were measured. Absorption bands of the transients of e(aq)- reacting with the above compounds all located at a wavelength shorter than 400 nm. The e(aq)- scavenging abilities were divided into three groups: (+)catechin ((1.2 +/-0.1) x 10(8) M(-1)s(-1)) < 4-chromanol ((4.4 +/- 0.4) x 10(8) M(-1)s(-1)) < genistein ((6.2+/-0.4) x 10(9) M (-1) s(-1) approximately genistin ((8 +/- 1) x 10(9) M(-1)s(-1)) approximately rutin ((7.6 +/- 0.4) x M(-1)s(-1) approximately caffeic acid ((8.3 +/- 0.5) x 10(9)M(-1)s(-1)) < transcinnamic acid((1.1 +/- 0.1) x 10(10) M(-1)s(-1)) approximately p-coumaric acid ((1.1 +/- 0.1) x 10(10) M(-1)s(-1) approximately 2,4,6-trihydroxylbenzoic acid((1.1 +/- 0.1) x 10(10) M(-1)s(-1)) approximately baicalein ((1.1 +/- 0.5) x 10(10) M(-1)s(-1)) approximately baicalin((1.3 + 0.1) X 10(10) M(-1)s(-1)) approximately naringenin ((1.2 +/- 0.1) x 10(10) M(-1)s(-1)) approximately naringin ((1.0 +/- 0.1) x 10(10) M(-1)s(-1)) approximately gossypin((1.2 +/- 0.1) x 10(10) M(-1)s(-1)) approximately quercetin((1.3 +/- 0.5) x 10(10) M(-1)s(-1)). These results suggested that C4 keto group is the active site for e(aq)- to attack on flavonoids and phenolic acids, whereas the o-dihydroxy structure in B ring, the C2,3 double bond, the C3-OH group, and glucosylation, which are key structures that influence the antioxidant activities of flavonoids and phenolic acids, have little effects on the e(aq)- scavenging activities.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Engineering Research Laboratory, The Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katsumura
mesh_terms: D004583:Electrons; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000737:chemistry*; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry*; D011675:Pulse Radiolysis; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D005419:Flavonoids; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D005609:Free Radicals; D010636:Phenols; C038044:baicalin