| Literature DB >> 31055242 |
Caroline Magnani Spagnol1, Renata Pires Assis2, Iguatemy Lourenço Brunetti3, Vera Lucia Borges Isaac4, Hérida Regina Nunes Salgado5, Marcos Antonio Corrêa6.
Abstract
Caffeic acid (CA) is a plant metabolite acting as a carcinogenic inhibitor, and exhibits a high antioxidant effect and some antimicrobial activity. Besides, this compound can be useful in the prevention of heart diseases and atherosclerosis, among others. The present study aims to determine the in vitro antioxidant activity of CA in order to increase the frequency of its use and reliability in the prevention of damage caused by free radicals and other reactive species. The tests performed were as follows: Radical anion superoxide capture; crocin bleaching assay; capturing ability of hypochlorous acid; H2O2 capture; capturing capacity of the ABTS•+/DPPH•; and SOD-like activity. The values of the CA antioxidant activity were very close to the values of standards in all tests. Besides, CA presented an antioxidant activity greater than that of ascorbic acid and trolox, and its advantages include higher stability than ascorbic acid and extraction from natural sources, as opposed to trolox.Entities:
Keywords: Antioxidant activity; Caffeic acid; In vitro methods
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Year: 2019 PMID： 31055242 DOI： 10.1016/j.saa.2019.04.025
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc ISSN： 1386-1425 Impact factor: 4.098