Hydroxyl radical Pycnogenol

Macrides, T.A., Shihata, A., Kalafatis, N., and Wright, P.F.A., A comparison of the hydroxyl radical scavenging properties of the shark bile steroid 5-b-scynmol and plant pycnogenols, Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int., 42, 1249-1260, 1997. [Pg.609]

Nelson, A.B., Lau, B.H.S., Ide, N., and Rong, Y., Pycnogenol inhibits macrophage oxidative burst, lipoprotein oxidation and hydroxyl radical induced DNA damage. Drug Develop. Indust. [Pg.609]

The most obvious feature of Pycnogenol, owing to the basic chemical structure of its components, is its strong antioxidant activity. Phenolic acids, polyphenols, and in particular flavonoids are composed of one (or more) aromatic rings bearing one or more hydroxyl groups and are therefore potentially able to quench free radicals by forming resonance-stabilized phenoxyl radicals. " The ability to quench the reactivity of... [Pg.596]

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