Inositol & its Phosphates: Basic Science to Practical Applications

Author(s): A.K.M. Shamsuddin and Guang-Yu Yang

DOI: 10.2174/9781681080079115010018

Antioxidant Properties & Function of Inositol and Inositol Phosphates

Pp: 197-215 (19)

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

Abstract

Inositol and its phosphates, specifically InsP6 have antioxidant properties, the latter is a very strong antioxidant indeed. This is brought about by chelating iron through the Fenton Reaction. The exact mechanism how inositol acts as an antioxidant is not clear; however it could be by phosphorylation to inositol phosphates. Inositol hexaphosphate-citrate, a new molecule has double the valence than InsP6; thus it offers to be an even more powerful antioxidant. Owing to the antioxidant properties, these molecules have important biological functions beneficial to human and animal health, as well as industrial and environmental application.

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