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Interactions of flavonoids with iron and copper ions: A mechanism for their antioxidant activity
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UNSPECIFIED (2002) Interactions of flavonoids with iron and copper ions: A mechanism for their antioxidant activity. FREE RADICAL RESEARCH, 36 (11). pp. 1199-1208. doi:10.1080/1071576021000016463 ISSN 1071-5762.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1071576021000016463
Abstract
The metal chelating properties of flavonoids suggest that they may play a role in metal-overload diseases and in all oxidative stress conditions involving a transition metal ion. A detailed study has been made of the ability of flavonoids to chelate iron (including Fe3+) and copper ions and its dependence of structure and pH. The acid medium may be important in some pathological conditions. In addition, the ability of flavonoids to reduce iron and copper ions and their activity-structure relationships were also investigated. To fulfil these objectives, flavones (apigenin, luteolin, kaempferol, quercetin, myricetin and rutin), isoflavones (daidzein and genistein), flavanones (taxifolin, naringenin and naringin) and a flavanol (catechin) were investigated. All flavonoids studied show higher reducing capacity for copper ions than for iron ions. The flavonoids with better Fe3+ reducing activity are those with a 2,3-double bond and possessing both the catechol group in the B-ring and the 3-hydroxyl group. The copper reducing activity seems to depend largely on the number of hydroxyl groups, The chelation studies were carried out by means of ultraviolet spectroscopy and electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry. Only flavones and the flavanol catechin interact with metal ions. At pH 7.4 and pH 5.5 all flavones studied appear to chelate Cu2+ at the same site, probably between the 5-hydroxyl and the 4-oxo groups. Myricetin and quercetin, however, at pH 7.4, appear to chelate Cu2+ additionally at the ortho-catechol group, the chelating site for catechin with Cu2+ at pH 7.4. Chelation studies of Fe3+ to flavonoids were investigated only at pH 5.5. On 3 myricetin and quercetin interact strongly with Fe, complexation probably occurring again between the 5-hydroxyl and the 4-oxo groups. Their behaviour can be explained by their ability to reduce Fe3+ at pH 5.5, suggesting that flavonoids reduce Fe3+ to Fe2+ before association.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | FREE RADICAL RESEARCH | ||||
Publisher: | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | ||||
ISSN: | 1071-5762 | ||||
Official Date: | November 2002 | ||||
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Volume: | 36 | ||||
Number: | 11 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 10 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1199-1208 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/1071576021000016463 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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