Synthetic anthocyanidins and their antioxidant properties

Authors

Homar S. Barcena, CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Peishan Chen, CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Abraham Tuachi, CUNY Kingsborough Community College

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

September 2015

Abstract

Anthocyanidins were synthesized to study the effect of methoxy substitution on the B ring to their antioxidant property. Comparative FRAP studies show 2′- and 4′-methoxy substituents have higher antioxidant activities, which may be attributed to both resonance and inductive effects.Graphical abstract:Anthocyanidins as reducing agents Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40064-015-1250-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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This work was originally published in SpringerPlus, available at doi:10.1186/s40064-015-1250-x.