Theoretical insight into the antioxidant properties of melatonin and derivatives

Johns, Jeffrey J. and Platts, James Alexis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1008-6595 2014. Theoretical insight into the antioxidant properties of melatonin and derivatives. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 12 , pp. 7820-7827. 10.1039/C4OB01396D

Preview

PDF - Published Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution. Download (507kB) | Preview

Abstract

Density functional theory calculations on melatonin, metabolites and synthetic derivatives thereof, and a range of other biological antioxidant molecules are presented, with a view to understanding the antioxidant ability of these molecules. After testing of the necessary calculations, we show that melatonin lies close to vitamin E on a donor–acceptor map, indicating that it should be an excellent electron donor but a poor acceptor. The neutral radical metabolite of melatonin is predicted to be an even better donor, whereas other metabolites and synthetic derivatives should retain antioxidant ability but are less powerful than the parent. QSAR models of antioxidant activity, measured in two different assays, are presented. We show that octanol–water partition coefficient is an excellent predictor of activity in lipophilic media, while properties related to electron donor/acceptor power give good fits against activity in aqueous media.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Chemistry Advanced Research Computing @ Cardiff (ARCCA)
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN:	1477-0520
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance:	19 August 2014
Last Modified:	23 May 2023 22:08
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/64257

Citation Data

Cited 38 times in Scopus. View in Scopus. Powered By Scopus® Data

Actions (repository staff only)

Edit Item