Studies on the Interaction between Three Small Flavonoid Molecules and Bovine Lactoferrin

Table 2

Binding constant K_a and number of binding sites of the interaction of LTL, QCT, or NGN with BLF.

	T (K)	Ka (×10^4M^−1)
Luteolin	300	8.889	1.052	0.997	0.06442
	305	8.410	1.020	0.999	0.03862
	310	7.257	1.079	0.998	0.03582
Quercetin	300	9.689	1.034	0.998	0.04577
	305	7.215	1.050	0.998	0.03874
	310	5.347	1.105	0.997	0.05829
Naringein	300	3.05	1.076	0.999	0.04278
	305	2.35	1.166	0.971	0.08442
	310	1.79	1.078	0.992	0.06793

R is the correlation coefficient for the K_a values.
SD is the standard deviation for the K_a values.
The binding site (n) approximated to 1.