The antioxidant properties of six flavones from Teucrium polium L., one of them isolated for the first time, have been established through the determination of their abilities to inhibit free radicals using DPPH, ABTS radicals and ORAC test. The structure of the new metabolite has been elucidated by 1-D (1H, 13C and DEPT) and 2-D (COSY, TOCSY, HSQC, CIGAR) NMR experiments and by ESI Q-TOF HRMS analysis. Flavones 1-3 presented an efficacious activity towards the stable DPPH radical. Analogously, compounds 2 and 3 resulted significantly active also versus ABTS cation radical. On the basis of the comparable bioactivity of luteolin-based compounds, the presence of an orthodihydroxy substitution in the flavone B-ring is supposed to be the structural feature responsible for the antioxidant activity. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.
A new acylated flavone glycoside with antioxidant and radical scavenging activities from Teucrium polium leaves
D'ABROSCA, Brigida;PACIFICO, Severina;MONACO, Pietro;FIORENTINO, Antonio
2013
Abstract
The antioxidant properties of six flavones from Teucrium polium L., one of them isolated for the first time, have been established through the determination of their abilities to inhibit free radicals using DPPH, ABTS radicals and ORAC test. The structure of the new metabolite has been elucidated by 1-D (1H, 13C and DEPT) and 2-D (COSY, TOCSY, HSQC, CIGAR) NMR experiments and by ESI Q-TOF HRMS analysis. Flavones 1-3 presented an efficacious activity towards the stable DPPH radical. Analogously, compounds 2 and 3 resulted significantly active also versus ABTS cation radical. On the basis of the comparable bioactivity of luteolin-based compounds, the presence of an orthodihydroxy substitution in the flavone B-ring is supposed to be the structural feature responsible for the antioxidant activity. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
