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Studies on bio-antioxidants II. An ESR study on the antioxidant efficiency of ascorbyl palmitate in micelles

Zhong-Li Liu

Zhong-Li Liu

National Laboratory on Applied Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000

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Zheng-Xu Han

Zheng-Xu Han

National Laboratory on Applied Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000

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Pin Cheng

Pin Cheng

National Laboratory on Applied Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000

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Lung-Min Wu

Lung-Min Wu

National Laboratory on Applied Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000

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You-Cheng Liu

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You-Cheng Liu

National Laboratory on Applied Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000

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First published: March 1991
Citations: 7

For Part I of the series, see Scientia Sinica (B), Engl. Ed., 32, 937 (1989).

Abstract

The kinetics for the reaction of ascorbyl palmitate and 4-hydroxy-TEMPO, 4-methoxy-TEMPO or 4-hexanoyloxy-TEMPO in CTAB and SDS micelles was studied by ESR spectroscopy. It was found that the behavior of ascorbyl palmitate is remarkably different from ascorbic acid in their antioxidant activity in micelles. The predominant factors governing the activity in micelles involve the lipophilicity of the antioxidant and the oxidant, the charge type of the substrates and the concentration of the surfactant. As high as 2 × 104 fold rate variation was observed by changing the lipophilicity of the antioxidant and the microenvironment of the reaction medium.

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