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- Title
Radical Scavenging Capability and Mechanism of Three Isoflavonoids Extracted from Radix Astragali: A Theoretical Study.
- Authors
Lu, Xiao-Qin; Qin, Shu; Li, Jindong
- Abstract
As a valuable traditional Chinese herbal medicine, Radix Astragali has attracted much attention due to its extensive pharmacological activities. In this study, density functional theory (DFT) was used thermodynamically and kinetically in detail to predict the antioxidant activity and reaction mechanisms involved in the free radical scavenging reactions of three representative isoflavonoids (formononetin, calycosin, and calycosin-7-glucoside) extracted from Radix Astragali. Three main mechanisms, including hydrogen atom transfer (HAT), proton transfer after electron transfer (SET-PT), and sequential proton loss electron transfer (SPLET) were examined by calculating the thermodynamic parameters. It was found that HAT is the predominant mechanism in the gas phase, while SPLET is supported in the solvent environment. The isoflavonoids' order of antioxidant activity was estimated as: calycosin > calycosin-7-glucoside > formononetin. For the calycosin compound, the result revealed the feasibility of double HAT mechanisms, which involve the formation of stable benzodioxazole with significantly reduced energy in the second H+/e− reaction. In addition, the potential energy profiles and kinetic calculations show that the reaction of •OH into the 3′-OH site of calycosin has a lower energy barrier (7.2 kcal/mol) and higher rate constant (4.55 × 109 M−1 s−1) compared with other reactions in the gas phase.
- Subjects
ISOFLAVONOIDS; ABSTRACTION reactions; FREE radical reactions; RADICALS (Chemistry); ACTIVATION energy; GAS phase reactions
- Publication
Molecules, 2023, Vol 28, Issue 13, p5039
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules28135039