D609 (tricyclodecan-9-yl-xanthogenate) is a phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C inhibitor that also has been reported to protect rodents against oxidative damage caused by lethal doses of ionizing radiation. We previously showed that D609 mimics glutathione. D609 has a free thiol group, which upon oxidation forms a disulfide. The resulting dixanthate is a substrate for glutathione redu...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze the consequences of HDL oxidation for paraoxonase-1 metabolism and function. METHODS AND RESULTS HDL was oxidized with AAPH, copper ions, and hypochlorite. Secretion studies were performed using human paraoxonase-1-transfected cells lines and primary rat hepatocytes. Stability studies were performed with recombinant paraoxonase. Conditioned m...

The main intrest of this study was to evaluate the antihemolytic and antioxidant activities aqueous extracts Globularia alypum Zygophyllum album prepared by three different methods: decoction, infusion maceration. Phytochemical tests, total phenolic, flavonoid tannins contents were determined. DPPH radical scavenging assay Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP) employed for evaluation activit...

The oxidative degradation of plasmalogen (alkenylacyl) phospholipids was analysed in the absence and the presence of polyunsaturated ester phospholipids by 1H-NMR and by chemical determination. Brain lysoplasmenylethanolamine (lyso-P-PE), brain P-PE and erythrocyte P-PE, containing an increasing number of intrachain double bonds at sn2, were oxidized with 2,2'-azobis-(2-amidinopropane hydrochlo...

Changes in ascorbate content in primary cultured rat hepatocytes exposed to oxidative stress derived from water soluble radical initiator 2,2'-azobis (2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (AAPH) were examined. Cells were exposed to 0.05 and 5 mg/ml of AAPH as 'mild' and severe' oxidative stresses, respectively. Lipid peroxidation in hepatocytes was induced by 'severe' oxidative stress, but not by ...

To investigate the effects of flavonoids on free radical-mediated biological membrane damage and the interaction of flavonoids with heme proteins, we studied the effects of quercetin, its glycosides (rutin and quercetin-3-O-glucoside), morin and (-)epicatechin on the hemolysis of the bovine erythrocytes induced by the hydrophilic free radical initiator, 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane)dihydrochlor...

Fucoidan, extracted from Ecklonia cava, has been extensively studied because of its wide biological activities. However, antioxidative activities have not been yet examined. Therefore we evaluated in vitro and in vivo studies on antioxidative activities of E. cava fucoidan (ECF). ECF exhibited more prominent effects in peroxyl radical scavenging activity, compared to the other scavenging activi...

Cyanidin-3-glycosides (arabinoside, rutinoside, galactoside and glucoside) and delphinidin-3-rutinoside were examined for their ability to inhibit lipid peroxidation induced either by Fe(II) ions, UV irradiation or 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (AAPH) peroxyl radicals in a liposomal membrane system. The antioxidant abilities of anthocyanins were compared with a water-soluble toc...

The oxidation of endogenous antioxidant nutrients in human plasma was determined to examine their activities against free radicals generated in the aqueous and lipid compartments of plasma. Free radicals were induced at a constant rate in the aqueous compartment by the hydrophilic radical generator, 2,2'-azobis-(2-amidinopropane)dihydrochloride (AAPH; 10-20 mmol/L) and in the lipid compartment ...