In vitro study of antioxidant and scavenger properties of phenolic compounds from Lychnophora species

AUTOR(ES)

Grael, Cristiane F. F., Kanashiro, Alexandre, Kabeya, Luciana M., Jordão, Christiane O., Takeara, Renata, Gobbo-Neto, Leonardo, Polizello, Ana Cristina M., Lucisano-Valim, Yara M., Lopes, Norberto P., Lopes, João Luis C.

FONTE

Química Nova

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

RESUMO

This paper describes the antioxidant effects of thirteen phenolic compounds isolated from plants of the genus Lychnophora. Two assays were performed to evaluate these effects: a cellular test that measured the luminol-enhanced chemiluminescence produced by neutrophils stimulated with opsonized zymosan and a cell-free test involving horseradish peroxidase-H2O2-luminol. In both assays, the antioxidant activity of the phenolic compounds was dependent on their concentration and chemical structure. Our results suggest that the ability of phenolic compounds from Lychnophora species to scavenge and inhibit the generation of ROS may be a mechanism underlying the anti-inflammatory activity of extracts from Lychnophora spp.

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