title: Chemical studies on antioxidant mechanism of curcumin: analysis of oxidative coupling products from curcumin and linoleate.
abstract: As a part of a research project on the antioxidant mechanism of natural phenolics in food components, curcumin, a turmeric antioxidant, was investigated in the presence of ethyl linoleate as one of the polyunsaturated lipids. During the antioxidation process, curcumin reacted with four types of linoleate peroxyl radicals. Six reaction products were observed in the reaction and subsequently isolated. Their structures were determined by physical techniques, revealing that they have novel tricyclic structures, including a peroxyl linkage. On the basis of the formation pathway for their chemical structures, an antioxidant mechanism of curcumin in polyunsaturated lipids was proposed, which consisted of an oxidative coupling reaction at the 3'-position of the curcumin with the lipid and a subsequent intramolecular Diels--Alder reaction.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, University of Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8502, Japan. masuda@ias.tokushima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maekawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bando
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003474:Curcumin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019787:Linoleic Acid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010545:Peroxides
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D004396:Coloring Agents; D010545:Peroxides; C049375:perhydroxyl radical; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D003474:Curcumin