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Structural Effects on the Antioxidant Properties of Amino Acid Betaxanthins.


ABSTRACT: 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-dihydroxyphenylalanine), and pyrrolidine and structure-property relationships were established by using matched molecular pair analysis and a model developed using a genetic algorithm. Either a phenol or indole moiety enhance the antioxidant capacity of betaxanthins, which is overall much higher than that of their amino acid precursors and standard antioxidants, except for the cysteine-betaxanthin. The one-electron oxidation of amino acid betaxanthins produces radicals stabilized in multiple centers, as demonstrated by quantum chemical calculations.

SUBMITTER: Esteves LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9686915 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structural Effects on the Antioxidant Properties of Amino Acid Betaxanthins.

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]

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