We have assesed the actions as free radical scavengers and inhibitors on peroxidation of
hesperidin and neohesperidin dihydrochalcone, two flavonoids, flavanone and
dihydrochalcone respectively, as some of the pharmacological properties of flavonoids
group have been related with these activities. Hesperidin just at 10− 4 and 5· 10− 4M is able
to show a low inhibitory activity in the superoxide anion radicals (O2−) genesis (8.66±1.40
and 11.69±2.36% respectively), and on the non-enzymatic lipid peroxidation at 10− 3M dose …