title: New insights into the antioxidant activity of hydroxycinnamic and hydroxybenzoic systems: spectroscopic, electrochemistry, and cellular studies.
abstract: A series hydroxycinnamic and gallic acids and their derivatives were studied with the aim of evaluating their in vitro antioxidant properties both in homogeneous and in cellular systems. It was concluded from the oxygen radical absorbance capacity-fluorescein (ORAC-FL), 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), and cyclic voltammetry data that some compounds exhibit remarkable antioxidant properties. In general, in homogeneous media (DPPH assay), galloyl-based cinnamic and benzoic systems (compounds 7-11) were the most active, exhibiting the lowest oxidation potentials in both dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and phosphate buffer. Yet, p-coumaric acid and its derivatives (compounds 1-3) disclosed the highest scavenging activity toward peroxyl radicals (ORAC-FL assay). Interesting structure-property- activity relationships between ORAC-FL, or DPPH radical, and redox potentials have been attained, showing that the latter parameter can be a valuable antioxidant measure. It was evidenced that redox potentials are related to the structural features of cinnamic and benzoic systems and that their activities are also dependent on the radical generated in the assay. Electron spin resonance data of the phenoxyl radicals generated both in DMSO and phosphate buffer support the assumption that radical stability is related to the type of phenolic system. Galloyl-based cinnamic and benzoic ester-type systems (compounds 9 and 11) were the most active and effective compounds in cell-based assays (51.13 ± 1.27% and 54.90 ± 3.65%, respectively). In cellular systems, hydroxycinnamic and hydroxybenzoic systems operate based on their intrinsic antioxidant outline and lipophilic properties, so the balance between these two properties is considered of the utmost importance to ensure their performance in the prevention or minimization of the effects due to free radical overproduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Laboratory of Free Radicals and Antioxidants, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile , Santiago de Chile , Chile.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Zuñiga
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Olea-Azar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D003373:Coumaric Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D062385:Hydroxybenzoates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D003373:Coumaric Acids; D062385:Hydroxybenzoates
keywords: DPPH; EPR; ORAC-FL; cellular antioxidant capacity; cinnamic acid derivatives; cyclic voltammetry