Synthetic anthocyanidins and their antioxidant properties

Homar S Barcena; Peishan Chen; Abraham Tuachi

doi:10.1186/s40064-015-1250-x

Synthetic anthocyanidins and their antioxidant properties

Springerplus. 2015 Sep 17:4:499. doi: 10.1186/s40064-015-1250-x. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Homar S Barcena¹, Peishan Chen¹, Abraham Tuachi¹

Affiliation

¹ Physical Sciences, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY 11235 USA.

Abstract

Anthocyanidins were synthesized to study the effect of methoxy substitution on the B ring to their antioxidant property. Comparative FRAP studies show 2'- and 4'-methoxy substituents have higher antioxidant activities, which may be attributed to both resonance and inductive effects.Graphical abstract:Anthocyanidins as reducing agents.

Keywords: Dyes; FRAP; Green chemistry; One pot synthesis.