Kaur, R and Singh , Bikram and Arora, S (2011) Amelioration of oxidative damage by Methyl gallate in different in vitro models. Phytopharmacology, 1 (4). pp. 82-94.

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Abstract

Abstract The present study aims to evaluate the antioxidant potential of methyl gallate - an ester of gallic acid in different in vitro assays. The antioxidant capacity was assessed using Molybdate ion reduction, DPPH, ABTS radical cation scavenging, deoxyribose degradation (site specific and non-site specific), reducing power, lipid peroxidation, superoxide anion scavenging, chelating power and DNA nicking assays and the results were compared with known antioxidant i.e. gallic acid. From the results obtained, it was found that methyl gallate exhibited potent antioxidant activities in different in vitro models and the activity was related to its chemical structure. The reduction ability of methyl gallate was found to be 99.58mg AAE /100mg dry weight of pure compound. The IC50 value of methyl gallate in DPPH, ABTS.+ scavenging, deoxyribose degradation (site specific and non-site specific), reducing power, lipid peroxidation, superoxide anion scavenging, chelating power was found to be 21.679, 8.689, 19.884 and 20.086, 91.169, 15.825, 32.699 and 4990.2 μg/ml respectively. The methyl gallate also has tendency to conserve the supercoiled DNA (pBR 322) from the .OH radicals mediated damage in DNA nicking assay. However, it has been found that hydrogen donation, free radical scavenging potential of methyl gallate was lower than standard antioxidant compound i.e. gallic acid and the lower effect was related to substitution of –OH group by –CH3 group.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Methyl gallate; gallic acid; antioxidant; hydrogen donation; free radical scavenging assay
Subjects:	Plant sciences Natural Product Chemistry
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Dr. Aparna Maitra Pati
Date Deposited:	08 Feb 2012 09:57
Last Modified:	08 Feb 2012 09:57
URI:	http://ihbt.csircentral.net/id/eprint/945

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