[HTML][HTML] Cinnamic acid derivatives and their biological efficacy

N Ruwizhi, BA Aderibigbe - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The role played by cinnamic acid derivatives in treating cancer, bacterial infections, diabetes
and neurological disorders, among many, has been reported. Cinnamic acid is obtained …

[HTML][HTML] Photoprotection: extending lessons learned from studying natural sunscreens to the design of artificial sunscreen constituents

LA Baker, B Marchetti, TNV Karsili… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Evolution has ensured that plants and animals have developed effective protection
mechanisms against the potentially harmful effects of incident ultraviolet radiation (UVR) …

[HTML][HTML] Flavones' and flavonols' antiradical structure–activity relationship—A quantum chemical study

M Spiegel, T Andruniów, Z Sroka - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Flavonoids are known for their antiradical capacity, and this ability is strongly structure-
dependent. In this research, the activity of flavones and flavonols in a water solvent was …

Synthesis, characterization, molecular dynamic simulation, and biological assessment of cinnamates linked to imidazole/benzimidazole as a CYP51 inhibitor

AR Zala, DP Rajani, I Ahmad, H Patel… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract A class of 2-(1 H-imidazol-1-yl)-1-phenylethyl cinnamates 6a-6j and 2-(1 H-benzo
[d] imidazol-1-yl)-1-phenylethyl cinnamates 7a-7j were synthesized, and their synthesis was …

[HTML][HTML] Antioxidative action of ellagic acid—A kinetic DFT study

J Tošović, U Bren - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although one can find numerous studies devoted to the investigation of antioxidative activity
of ellagic acid (EA) in the scientific literature, the mechanisms of its action have not yet been …

[HTML][HTML] Polarity based characterization of biologically active extracts of Ajuga bracteosa Wall. ex Benth. and RP-HPLC analysis

SS Zahra, M Ahmed, M Qasim, B Gul, M Zia… - … and Alternative Medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background The concept of botanical therapeutics has revitalized due to wide importance of
plant derived pharmaceuticals. Therefore, the ameliorative characteristics of Ajuga …

Aluminum (III), iron (III) and copper (II) complexes of luteolin: Stability, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties

L Malacaria, C La Torre, E Furia, A Fazio… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work complexation of luteolin (H 4 Lu) with Al (III), Fe (III) and Cu (II) at 37° C and in
0.16 M NaCl is discussed. To evaluate the competition of the ligand for the metal cations and …

Density functional theory studies on the antioxidant mechanism and electronic properties of some bioactive marine meroterpenoids: Sargahydroquionic acid and …

M Farrokhnia - ACS omega, 2020 - ACS Publications
Certain meroterpenoids isolated from brown alga of the genus Sargassum are known to be
antioxidant agents. Herein, density functional theory has been performed to analyze the …

[HTML][HTML] New insights into the competition between antioxidant activities and pro-oxidant risks of rosmarinic acid

DH Truong, TC Ngo, NTA Nhung, DT Quang… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Direct and indirect antioxidant activities of rosmarinic acid (RA) based on HOO˙/CH3OO˙
radical scavenging and Fe (III)/Fe (II) ion chelation were theoretically studied using density …

[HTML][HTML] Hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives for UV-selective and visibly transparent dye-sensitized solar cells

AD Wulansari, D Hayati, DX Long, K Choi, J Hong - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Naturally abundant dyes are very attractive for the development of dye-sensitized solar cells
(DSSCs). Hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives, such as caffeic acid (CA), ferulic acid (FA), and …