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Antioxidant activity of oleuropein and semisynthetic acetyl-derivatives determined by measuring malondialdehyde in rat brain.

Milena RizzoDomenica VentriceFrancesca GiannettoSalvatore CirinnàNatale Alfredo SantagatiAntonio ProcopioVincenzo MollaceCarolina Muscoli
Published in: The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology (2017)
Both natural and semisynthetic polyphenol derivatives from a natural source as olive leaves were able to reduce MDA detection. The more lipophilic acetyl-derivatives showed an antioxidant activity greater than parent compounds. This potency seems to put in evidence a strict correlation between lipophilicity and bioavailability.
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