Abstract
The antiradical efficiency (AE) and kinetic behavior of a new ferulate-based protic ionic liquids (PILs) were described using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical assay. The reduction of the DPPH free radical (DPPH•) was investigated by measuring the decrease in absorbance at 517 nm. The time to reach steady state for the reaction of parent acid (ferulic acid) and synthesized PILs with DPPH• was continuously recorded for 1 h. Results revealed that the AE of 2-butylaminoethanol ferulate (2BAEF), 3-dimethylaminopropanol ferulate (3DMAPF) and 3-diethylaminopropanol ferulate (3DEAPF) PILs have improved compared to ferulic acid (FA) as the reaction class changes from low to medium. This attributed to the strong hydrogen abstraction occurred in the PILs. Furthermore, these PILs were found to have a good kinetic behavior compared to FA due to the high rate constant (k2) (164.17, 242.84 and 244.73 M−1 s−1, respectively). The alkyl chain length and more alkyl substituents on the nitrogen atom of cation were believed to reduce the cation-anion interaction and speed up the hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) and electron transfer (ET) mechanisms; hence, increased rate constant was observed leading to a strong antioxidant activity of the synthesized PILs.
Highlights
Phenolic compounds are secondary metabolites that exist in plant tissue
These compounds act as an antioxidant in a biological system as their ability is to reduce oxidative-stress resulting in chronic disease [1]
EC50 is the maximum concentration needed to reduce half of the DPPH free radical (DPPH) at steady state, which is known as half-maximal effective concentration
Summary
Phenolic compounds are secondary metabolites that exist in plant tissue. These compounds act as an antioxidant in a biological system as their ability is to reduce oxidative-stress resulting in chronic disease [1]. Phenolic acids are the most natural non-flavonoid antioxidants highly found in plants. They had been widely used in health, cosmetics, food and pharmaceutical industries [3,4,5,6] due to their competent biological properties such as antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-carcinogenic or anti-mutagenic, anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory [7,8,9,10,11]. Both derivatives were distinguished based on the structure of their compounds [12]
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