Lipophilized Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) Derivatives as Novel Antioxidants
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Bibliographic record
Abstract
Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is the major polyphenol in green tea and known to render many health benefits associated with tea consumption. EGCG was modified structurally to improve its lipophilicity, expand its application in lipophilic media, and enhance its cellular absorption in vivo. Esterification of the water-soluble EGCG with selected long-chain saturated and unsaturated fatty acids was carried out, followed by a purification process. Ester derivatives of EGCG with stearic acid (SA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) were prepared, and their enhanced lipophilicity was confirmed by octanol-water partition coefficient. The chemical structures of the EGCG derivatives, determined by HPLC-MS and ¹H and ¹³C NMR, were EGCG-3',5',3'',5''-O-tetraesters of SA, EPA, and DHA. The lipophilized EGCG derivatives exhibited greater antioxidant activity in scavenging the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical than EGCG itself. The results suggest that EGCG derivatives may be used as potential lipophilic antioxidants in the food, cosmetic, and medicinal industries.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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