Abstract
Coumarins are considered to be privileged structures due to their broad range of biological properties, including anticoagulant, anti-neurodegenerative, antioxidant, anticancer and antimicrobial activities. These interesting properties of coumarins can be ascribed to the chemical attributes of the 2H-chromen-2-one core; its aromatic ring can establish a series of hydrophobic, π-π, CH-π and cation-π interactions, and the two oxygen atoms in the lactone ring may hydrogen-bond to a series of amino acid residues in different classes of enzymes and receptors. Additionally, the double bond in the lactone helps to make the entire system planar, allows charge delocalization between the carbonyl group of the lactone and the aromatic ring and confers the characteristic fluorescence of this class of compounds, which can be explained by their preventing the trans-cis transformation of the double bond under ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. It is the possibility of radical delocalization in the 2H-chromen-2-one nucleus that makes most of the coumarins good antioxidants by acting as free radical scavengers, although some coumarins (mainly hydroxycoumarins) may also prevent the formation of free radicals by chelating metal ions. In this review, we provide a systematic analysis of the most important aspects surrounding the development of coumarins as antioxidants. Our analysis includes the synthesis of some complex antioxidant coumarins, strategies for structural modification to improve their antioxidant activities, qualitative/ quantitative structure-antioxidant relationships studies and the main in vitro assays used to evaluate their antioxidant properties.
Keywords: Antioxidants, Coumarins, DPPH antioxidant assay, Free radicals, Privileged structures, Structure-activity relationships.
Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:New Insights into the Chemistry and Antioxidant Activity of Coumarins
Volume: 14 Issue: 22
Author(s): Fernando Cidade Torres, Natália Brucker, Saulo Fernandes Andrade, Daniel Fabio Kawano, Solange Cristina Garcia, Gilsane Lino von Poser and Vera Lucia Eifler-Lima
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Keywords: Antioxidants, Coumarins, DPPH antioxidant assay, Free radicals, Privileged structures, Structure-activity relationships.
Abstract: Coumarins are considered to be privileged structures due to their broad range of biological properties, including anticoagulant, anti-neurodegenerative, antioxidant, anticancer and antimicrobial activities. These interesting properties of coumarins can be ascribed to the chemical attributes of the 2H-chromen-2-one core; its aromatic ring can establish a series of hydrophobic, π-π, CH-π and cation-π interactions, and the two oxygen atoms in the lactone ring may hydrogen-bond to a series of amino acid residues in different classes of enzymes and receptors. Additionally, the double bond in the lactone helps to make the entire system planar, allows charge delocalization between the carbonyl group of the lactone and the aromatic ring and confers the characteristic fluorescence of this class of compounds, which can be explained by their preventing the trans-cis transformation of the double bond under ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. It is the possibility of radical delocalization in the 2H-chromen-2-one nucleus that makes most of the coumarins good antioxidants by acting as free radical scavengers, although some coumarins (mainly hydroxycoumarins) may also prevent the formation of free radicals by chelating metal ions. In this review, we provide a systematic analysis of the most important aspects surrounding the development of coumarins as antioxidants. Our analysis includes the synthesis of some complex antioxidant coumarins, strategies for structural modification to improve their antioxidant activities, qualitative/ quantitative structure-antioxidant relationships studies and the main in vitro assays used to evaluate their antioxidant properties.
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Torres Cidade Fernando, Brucker Natália, Andrade Fernandes Saulo, Kawano Fabio Daniel, Garcia Cristina Solange, Poser Lino von Gilsane and Eifler-Lima Lucia Vera, New Insights into the Chemistry and Antioxidant Activity of Coumarins, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 2014; 14 (22) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568026614666141203144551
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568026614666141203144551 |
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