Tetrahedron

A comparative study on the antioxidant properties of tetrahydrocurcuminoids and curcuminoids

E Portes, C Gardrat, A Castellan

Index: Portes, Elise; Gardrat, Christian; Castellan, Alain Tetrahedron, 2007 , vol. 63, # 37 p. 9092 - 9099

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Abstract

Several curcuminoids and tetrahydrocurcuminoids (THCs), bearing various hydroxyl and/or methoxy groups on their benzene rings, have been synthesized to study their antioxidant and hydrogen donating capacities using the DPPH method at 25° C in methanol. The results show that the tetrahydrocurcuminoids are in general much more efficient than their curcuminoid analogs if they include a phenol group in meta-or para-position of the linking ...