However, from an energetic point of view, it has been debated that phenolics favour hydrogen atom transfer mechanisms, in which lower energies are involved (Leopoldini et al., 2011). The radicals derived from oxygen represent the most important class of radical species generated in living systems. However the term antioxidant is often used to describe the scavenging activity of all reactive radicals including . RNS radicals. The potential scavenging abilities of phenolics mainly depend on the number and the position of hydrogen donating hydroxyl groups on the aromatic cycles of the phenolic molecules (Rice-Evans et al., 1996). For example, aglycones or.
