This paper presents evidence that zinc filtrates (particularly the Hagedorn-Jensen (1923) filtrates) of urine (after treatment with hydrogen peroxide), whole blood, plasma, or serum are suitable for the accurate determination of chlorides with dichlorofluorescein as an indicator. The precision of this method for urine chlorides has been shown by comparison with established procedures such as th...

We investigated here the mechanism of cytoprotection of nitric oxide (*NO) in bovine aortic endothelial cells treated with H2O2. NONOates were used as *NO donors that released *NO slowly at a well defined rate in the extracellular and intracellular milieus. H2O2-mediated intracellular dichlorofluorescein fluorescence and apoptosis were enhanced by the transferrin receptor (TfR)-mediated iron up...

Oxidative stress (OS) has been implicated in various degenerative diseases in aging. In an attempt to quantify OS in a cell model, we examined OS induced by incubating for 30 min with various free radical generators in PC12 cells by using the dichlorofluorescein (DCF) assay, modified for use by a fluorescent microplate reader. The nonfluorescent fluorescin derivatives (dichlorofluorescin, DCFH)...

Two methods for determining ranitidine hydrochloride (RNH) in pure drug and in formulations using potassium iodate and dichlorofuorescein are described. Titrimetry involves the oxidation of RNH by a known excess of potassium iodate in acidic conditions followed by iodometric determination of surplus iodate. In spectrophotometry also, the drug is oxidized by a large excess of iodate and the iodi...

OBJECTIVEdTo study the effects of high-protein versus high-carbohydrate diets on various metabolic end points (glucoregulation, oxidative stress [dichlorofluorescein], lipid peroxidation [malondialdehyde], proinflammatory cytokines [tumor necrosis factor-a and interleukin-6], adipokines, and resting energy expenditure [REE]) with high protein–low carbohydrate (HP) and high carbohydrate–low prot...

The production and role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the expanding zone of maize (Zea mays) leaf blades were investigated. ROS release along the leaf blade was evaluated by embedding intact seedlings in 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein-containing agar and examining the distribution of 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein fluorescence along leaf 4, which was exposed by removing the outer leaves before embe...

BACKGROUND The intravenous administration of indigo carmine has been reported to produce transiently increased blood pressure in patients. The goal of this in vitro study was to examine the effect of indigo carmine on phenylephrine-induced contractions in an isolated rat aorta and to determine the associated cellular mechanism with particular focus on the endothelium-derived vasodilators. MET...

BACKGROUND Oxidative stress is considered to play a role in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are hypotensive drugs with a well-known effect in preventing the progression of chronic renal failure. Their mechanism of action is not clearly established. METHODS The effect of enalaprilat on hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production by cultured muri...

Proton and Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II) and Pb(II) binding by ligand H(2)L, containing two bis(aminoethyl)amine (dien) units connected by a 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein (DCF) unit has been analyzed by means of potentiometric, UV-vis and fluorescence emission measurements. Considering proton binding, the ligand in its fully deprotonated form, L(2-), binds up to four acidic protons in the alkaline pH regi...