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Physicochemical characterisation of the supramolecular structure of luteolin/cyclodextrin inclusion complex

2013; Elsevier BV; Volume: 141; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.03.097

1873-7072

Benguo Liu, Wěi Li, Jian Zhao, Yang Liu, Xiaoai Zhu, Guizhao Liang,

Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis

The formation of supramolecular inclusion complexes between luteolin and five cyclodextrins namely β-cyclodextrin (β-CD), methyl-β-cyclodextrin (M-β-CD), hydroxyethyl-β-cyclodextrin (HE-β-CD), hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) and glucosyl-β-cyclodextrin (G-β-CD) was investigated. Results from phase-solubility studies showed that luteolin formed 1:1 stoichiometric inclusion complexes with these cyclodextrins with the G-β-CD complex displaying the greatest stability constant. The supramolecular structure of the luteolin/G-β-CD complex was investigated by ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy (UV), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffractometry (XRD). Results showed clearly the formation of a supramolecular complex in which the guest molecule, luteolin, was entrapped inside the cavity of the host, G-β-CD. The close association between luteolin and G-β-CD resulted in changes in some of the characteristic spectral, phase transitional and morphological properties of luteolin. Furthermore, molecular docking study showed that the complex was formed with the B ring of luteolin inserted into the cavity of G-β-CD.