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ArticleJournal of molecular modeling2024

A DFT analysis of the antioxidant capacity of scopolin and scopoletin.

Baggya Sharmali Wickramanayaka Karunarathna, G M Supun Tharaka Gajasinghe, Jayamal Damsith Wanniarachchi, K K Govender, Saman Seneweera

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Baggya Sharmali Wickramanayaka KarunarathnaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Eastern University Sri Lanka, Chenkalady, Sri Lanka. baggyakarunarathna@gmail.com.
G M Supun Tharaka GajasingheDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
Jayamal Damsith WanniarachchiDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
K K GovenderDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 17011, Doornfontein Campus, 2028, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Saman SeneweeraSchool of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia. samans@unimelb.edu.au.

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contextScopolin and scopoletin belong to the class of coumarins and have experimentally proven natural antioxidants. Natural antioxidants are crucial in mitigating the impact of oxidants in the human body through radical scavenging. Even though scopolin and scopoletin are proven antioxidants by experimental results, their antioxidant mechanisms still remained unexplained. In this study, Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were used to study the radical scavenging mechanisms of both scopolin and scopoletin using kinetic and thermodynamics parameters. The global parameters indicated that both scopolin and scopoletin have antioxidant properties. The band gap energy

methodsThe antioxidant activity of scopolin and scopoletin was determined by DFT at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level of theory. Global parameter calculations and frontier molecular orbital analysis were conducted to assess these compounds' capacity for scavenging radicals. Hydrogen atom transfer (HAT), sequential electron transfer proton transfer (SETPT), and sequential proton loss electron transfer (SPLET) mechanisms were the three main mechanisms that were taken into consideration. The potential energy surface (PES) verified the most appropriate processes shown by the enthalpy calculations.

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AntioxidantsCoumarinsDensity Functional TheoryScopoletinThermodynamicsFree Radical ScavengersGlucosidesHydrogen BondingKineticsModels, MolecularAntioxidantsCoumarinsFree Radical ScavengersGlucosidesScopoletinscopolinAntioxidantDensity functional theoryHAT mechanismScopoletinScopolin

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