Relationship between the chemical structures of antioxidants and the differences in their Cupric Ion Reducing Antioxidant Capacity (CUPRAC) by electrochemical methods》.pdf

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 729 (2014) 116–120 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry journal homepage: /locate/jelechem Relationship between the chemical structures of antioxidants and the differences in their Cupric Ion Reducing Antioxidant Capacity (CUPRAC) by electrochemical methods Arely Cárdenas a, Martín Gómez b, Carlos Frontana a,⇑ a Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica, Parque Tecnológico Querétaro Sanfandila, 76703 Sanfandila, Pedro Escobedo, Querétaro, Mexico b Departamento de Sistemas Biológicos, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, 04960 México, D.F., Mexico a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The number of transferred electrons during oxidation of molecules with antioxidant capacity was Received 31 March 2014 approximately obtained by means of the slope of CUPRAC calibration plots, compared with that for the Received in revised form 16 July 2014 Trolox, where a two-electron mechanism is presumed. This comparison led to the following relative Accepted 18 July 2014 number of electrons transferred: 2 for Ascorbic acid, 4 for Gallic acid, 4 for (+)-Catechin and approx- Available online 29 July 2014 imately 6 for Quercetin. Independent determinations of these numbers by bipotentiometric titrations using KI3 revealed that Ascorbic acid required two electrons per mole for its oxidation, while for Galli