Food antioxidants: chemical insights at the molecular level

A Galano, G Mazzone, R Alvarez-Diduk… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
In this review, we briefly summarize the reliability of the density functional theory (DFT)-
based methods to accurately predict the main antioxidant properties and the reaction …

Computational strategies for predicting free radical scavengers' protection against oxidative stress: where are we and what might follow?

A Galano, J Raúl Alvarez‐Idaboy - International Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidative stress, which is frequently induced by an overproduction of free radicals (FR),
poses a high risk to human health. Thus, finding efficient strategies for scavenging FR is a …

Eyringpy: A program for computing rate constants in the gas phase and in solution

E Dzib, JL Cabellos, F Ortíz‐Chi, S Pan… - … Journal of Quantum …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Eyringpy is a modular program for calculating thermochemical properties and rate constants
for reactions in the gas phase and in solution. The code is written in Python and it has a user …

Theoretical and experimental studies of the antioxidant and antinitrosant activity of syringic acid

QV Vo, MV Bay, PC Nam, DT Quang… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Syringic acid (SA) is a natural phenolic acid found in vegetables, fruits, and other plant-
based foods. A range of biological activities were proposed for this compound including …

Kinetic and mechanistic aspects of hydroxyl radical‒mediated degradation of naproxen and reaction intermediates

S Luo, L Gao, Z Wei, R Spinney, DD Dionysiou, WP Hu… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Hydroxyl radical (• OH) based advanced oxidation technologies (AOTs) are effective for
removing non‒steroidal anti− inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) during water treatment. In this …

Current trends in computational quantum chemistry studies on antioxidant radical scavenging activity

M Spiegel - Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2022 - ACS Publications
The antioxidative nature of chemicals is now routinely studied using computational quantum
chemistry. Scientists are constantly proposing new approaches to investigate those …

Kinetics of radical‐molecule reactions in aqueous solution: A benchmark study of the performance of density functional methods

A Galano, JR Alvarez‐Idaboy - Journal of computational …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The performance of 18 density functional approximations has been tested for a very
challenging task, the calculations of rate constants for radical‐molecule reactions in …

Automated transition state search and its application to diverse types of organic reactions

LD Jacobson, AD Bochevarov, MA Watson… - Journal of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Transition state search is at the center of multiple types of computational chemical
predictions related to mechanistic investigations, reactivity and regioselectivity predictions …

Radical scavenging ability of gallic acid toward OH and OOH radicals. Reaction mechanism and rate constants from the density functional theory

T Marino, A Galano, N Russo - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Gallic acid is a ubiquitous compound, widely distributed in the vegetal kingdom and
frequently found in the human diet. In the present work, its primary antioxidant activity has …

A theoretical study of ascorbic acid oxidation and HOO/O 2− radical scavenging

YJ Tu, D Njus, HB Schlegel - Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Ascorbic acid is a well-known antioxidant and radical scavenger. It can be oxidized by losing
two protons and two electrons, but normally loses only one electron at a time. The reactivity …