Bivalent Metal Salen Complex Radical Inhibitor
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current radical scavengers provide temporary inhibition of radical generation, leading to product deterioration and adverse health effects, necessitating a more effective radical inhibition solution.
Innovation Solution
A bivalent metal complex compound, specifically a metal-salen complex, is used to trap free radicals, offering a long-lasting inhibition effect in various compositions such as cosmetics, medical, and food products, with a notable weight ratio of 3-5:7-5 with hydrated crystal neotrehalose.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a radical scavenger is used to inhibit radical generation, then radical responsiveness is prevented or inhibited, but the radical inhibiting effect does not continue for a long period of time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical parameters of the radical inhibition system by using bivalent metal complexes with specific ligands (salen, porphyrin, phthalocyanine) instead of conventional organic radical scavengers. This parameter change results in a metal-centered radical trap that provides sustained inhibition over time, resolving the contradiction between effectiveness and duration.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention employs composite metal complex structures comprising bivalent metal ions coordinated with specific organic ligands. These composite materials exhibit enhanced and prolonged radical trapping capabilities compared to simple organic scavengers, thereby extending the duration of radical inhibition while maintaining high reliability.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional radical scavengers are used, then radical responsiveness is inhibited temporarily, but product deterioration and adverse health effects still occur over time
Solution Approach 1:
The bivalent metal complex acts as an intermediary substance that mediates between radicals and the protected substrates (products or biological systems). The metal center serves as a stable intermediate trap for radicals, preventing them from attacking other molecules, thereby providing long-term protection against radical-induced damage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces short-lived organic radical scavengers with stable, reusable metal complex systems. The metal centers can undergo multiple cycles of radical trapping and regeneration, effectively replacing disposable scavengers with durable, long-lasting protective agents.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The metal-salen complex effectively inhibits radical progression, maintaining product quality and human health by trapping free radicals, including those from active enzymes, and demonstrates anticancer properties without the need for a magnetic carrier.
Implementation Method 1
a metal complex compound of a bivalent metal of formula (1) as defined in the claims has a notable radical inhibiting action, thereby devising the invention of this application. Specifically speaking, disclosed herein is a radical inhibitor containing a bivalent metal complex compound as a radical inhibiting component. Free radicals such as active enzymes are trapped by a bivalent metal such as a bivalent metal coordinated by salen.
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A new radical inhibitor, a composition containing the new radical inhibitor, and a radical generation inhibition method using the new radical inhibitor are provided. A radical inhibitor according to the present invention contains a salen complex compound of a bivalent metal.