Microtubes of taxifolin
What is it about?
Taxifolin is a natural bioactive substance and it is well known as an antioxidant. We developed a simple method to obtain a new self-assembled solid form of taxifolin - microtubes. X-ray diffraction, XRPD, microscopy, mass spectrometry, 1H NMR spectroscopy, UV spectroscopy, and FTIR spectroscopy and computer simulation were used to characterize the microtubes of taxifolin.
Why is it important?
The experimental results demonstrate that the microtubes and raw taxifolin both exist in crystalline form with the same structure of the crystal unit. However, these taxifolin forms demonstrate different morphological and physicochemical properties, that could be explained via formation process. We suppose, that taxifolin microtubes have a potential for use in biomedical applications.