Free radicals, natural antioxidants, and their reaction mechanisms

SB Nimse, D Pal - RSC advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The normal biochemical reactions in our body, increased exposure to the environment, and
higher levels of dietary xenobiotic's result in the generation of reactive oxygen species …

Nutraceutical antioxidants as novel neuroprotective agents

NA Kelsey, HM Wilkins, DA Linseman - Molecules, 2010 - mdpi.com
A variety of antioxidant compounds derived from natural products (nutraceuticals) have
demonstrated neuroprotective activity in either in vitro or in vivo models of neuronal cell …

Nonenzymatic exogenous and endogenous antioxidants

Z Moussa, ZM Judeh, SA Ahmed - Free radical medicine and …, 2019 - books.google.com
Nonenzymatic exogenous and endogenous antioxidants play an important role in human
health and act as preservatives for cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and food products. This …

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 …

Free radicals induced oxidative stress at a molecular level: The current status, challenges and perspectives of computational chemistry based protocols

A Galano - Journal of the Mexican Chemical Society, 2015 - scielo.org.mx
Oxidative stress is frequently caused by an excess of free radicals and has been associated
with a wide variety of health disorders. Therefore, finding strategies for scavenging free …

Glutathione: mechanism and kinetics of its non-enzymatic defense action against free radicals

A Galano, JR Alvarez-Idaboy - Rsc Advances, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Glutathione, which is the most abundant cytosolic thiol, plays important roles in the non-
enzymatic antioxidant defence system. Its free radical scavenging activity towards radicals of …

Ellagic acid: an unusually versatile protector against oxidative stress

A Galano, M Francisco Marquez… - Chemical research in …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Several aspects related to the antioxidant activity of ellagic acid were investigated using the
density functional theory. It was found that this compound is unusually versatile for protecting …

Capsaicin, a tasty free radical scavenger: mechanism of action and kinetics

A Galano, A Martínez - The journal of physical chemistry B, 2012 - ACS Publications
The free radical scavenging activity of capsaicin (CAP), which is the pungent component of
hot chili peppers, has been studied in aqueous and lipid solutions, using the density …

Applications of Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS) in Allium Chemistry. 2-Propenesulfenic and 2-Propenesulfinic Acids, Diallyl Trisulfane S …

E Block, AJ Dane, S Thomas… - Journal of agricultural and …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Through the use of direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (DART-MS), 2-
propenesulfenic acid, an intermediate long postulated as being formed when garlic (Allium …

Free radical scavenger properties of α-mangostin: thermodynamics and kinetics of HAT and RAF mechanisms

A Martínez, A Galano, R Vargas - The Journal of Physical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Mangosteen is a tropical fruit that presents beneficial effects on human health since it is rich
in anthocyanins and xanthones, which are considered bioactive compounds that have been …