Electrochemical Characterization of Naturally Occurring Phenolic Antioxidants

Abstract

Many phenolic compounds are essential to the regulation of electron transfer and show antioxidative activity and/or biological activity. Some of these compounds therefore give rise to unstable intermediates through oxidation, which subsequently may be converted to related natural products. The electron transter and chemical reaction of phenolic compounds via oxidation process should play important role in the evaluation of their antioxidative property and biogenesis of phenolic metabolites. The electrochemical characterization of phenolic antioxidants including the compounds isolated from Eucalyptus spp are highlighted here.