Review Article

Evaluation of Chemical Constituents and Important Mechanism of Pharmacological Biology in Dendrobium Plants

Table 3

Assessment of the ABTS, hydroxyl, and DPPH scavenging abilities of DNP and compounds DNP4-2, DNP2-1, DNP3-1, and DNP1-1 derived from DNP.

DNP, DNP4-2, DNP2-1, DNP3-1, and DNP1-1

0.5 mg for DPPH scavenging (%) 1 mg for DPPH scavenging (%)
TypeScavenging (%)TypeScavenging (%)

DNP20DNP20–30
DNP4-220–30DNP4-230–40
DNP2-15–10DNP2-110–20
DNP3-1About 5DNP3-1<5
DNP1-1<5DNP1-1About 5

0.5 mg for ABTS scavenging (%) 1 mg for ABTS scavenging (%)
TypeScavenging (%)TypeScavenging (%)

DNP30–40DNP<60
DNP4-2About 40DNP4-2>60
DNP2-1<20DNP2-1About 40
DNP3-1≥20DNP3-130–40
DNP1-110DNP1-130

0.5 mg for hydroxyl scavenging (%) 1 mg for hydroxyl scavenging (%)
TypeScavenging (%)TypeScavenging (%)

DNP30–40DNP35–40
DNP4-220–30DNP4-230–35
DNP2-110DNP2-110–15
DNP3-15–10DNP3-110
DNP1-10DNP1-15

Based on data for DNP, DNP4-2, DNP2-1, DNP3-1, and DNP1-1 scavenging (%)

DPPH scavenging % (0.5 mg content): DNP4-2 > DNP > DNP2-1 > DNP3-1 > DNP1-1
DPPH scavenging % (1 mg content): DNP4-2 > DNP > DNP2-1 > DNP1-1 > DNP3-1

ABTS scavenging % (0.5 mg content): DNP4-2 > DNP > DNP3-1 > DNP2-1 > DNP1-1
ABTS scavenging % (1 mg content): DNP4-2 > DNP > DNP2-1 > DNP3-1 > DNP1-1

Hydroyl scavenging % (0.5 mg content): DNP > DNP4-2 > DNP2-1 > DNP3-1 > DNP1-1
Hydroyl scavenging % (1 mg content): DNP > DNP4-2 > DNP2-1 > DNP3-1 > DNP1-1

Up the table: it is shown that DPPH and ABTS free radical scavenging (%) of DNP4-2 are better than other compounds; however, the hydroxyl free radical scavenging (%) of DNP is better than other compounds.