3′,8″-Dimerization Enhances the Antioxidant Capacity of Flavonoids: Evidence from Acacetin and Isoginkgetin

To probe the effect of 3',8″-dimerization on antioxidant flavonoids, acacetin and its 3',8″-dimer isoginkgetin were comparatively analyzed using three antioxidant assays, namely, the ·O2- scavenging assay, the Cu2+ reducing assay, and the 2,2'-azino bis(3-ethylbenzothiazolin-6-sulfonic acid) radical scavenging assay. In these assays, acacetin had consistently higher IC50 values than isoginkgetin. Subsequently, the acacetin was incubated with...