Comparative study of eight well-known polyphenolic antioxidants
- 1 September 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
- Vol. 55 (9), 1291-1297
- https://doi.org/10.1211/0022357021693
Abstract
Eight antioxidants from five different polyphenolic classes (cinnamic acids, benzoic acids, flavonoids, proanthocyanidins and stilbenes), and the water-soluble vitamin E derivative trolox were examined for their antioxidant activity in-vitro. In addition, the compounds were tested for their cytotoxicity on growing fibroblasts and their inhibition of the classical pathway of the complement system. Procyanidin C1 was shown to be a good scavenger of both DPPH* and HO*, and a strong inhibitor of lipid peroxidation and the classical pathway of the complement system. Consequently, procyanidin C1 was classified as the most promising antioxidant in-vitro of all compounds tested. In contrast, genistein exhibited a very low antioxidant activity in both the lipid peroxidation and the DPPH* scavenging assay, a high cytotoxicity and a low complement-inhibiting activity.Keywords
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