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SUBMITTER: Esteves LC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9686915 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Esteves Larissa Cerrato LC Machado Caroline Oliveira CO Gonçalves Letícia Christina Pires LCP Cavalcante Victor Fernandes VF Obeid Guilherme G Correra Thiago Carita TC Bastos Erick Leite EL
Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) 20221116 11
Betaxanthins are natural products with high antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Here, we describe the semisynthesis of twenty-one betaxanthins derived from proteinogenic amino acids, including the elusive betaxanthin of l-cysteine and two betaxanthins derived from l-lysine, and rationalize their antioxidant properties in mechanistic terms. The antioxidant capacity and redox potential of these betaxanthins were compared to those of model betaxanthins derived from dopamine, l-DOPA (L-3,4 ...[more]