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Free Radicals in Chemical Biology: from Chemical Behavior to Biomarker Development
Published on: April 15, 2013
Radiation Chemical Investigation of Antioxidant Activity of Biologically Important Compounds from Plant Materials
Irina G Antropova1, Aleksandra A Revina1,2, Elena S Kurakina1,3
1Department of High Energy Chemistry and Radioecology, Dmitry Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Miusskaya Square, 9, 125047 Moscow, Russian Federation.
Abstract:
Radiation chemical modeling of redox reactions of biologically active compounds from plant materials showed that coumarins possess strong antiradical properties. Data confirming the radioprotective properties of these compounds were obtained. Antioxidant activity has been shown for specific medicinal plant extracts-Melilotus officinalis and Ledum palustre cormus. The radiation chemical transformations of coumarins revealed that an unsubstituted coumarin has greater radioprotective activity.

