Previous studies from our laboratory have shown that estrogens can protect against lipoprotein peroxidation and DNA damage. In this study, the mechanism of estradiol-17β (E2) action was investigated by comparing E2 with selective scavengers of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in terms of inhibition of 1) human low-density lipoprotein (LDL) peroxidation (measured by the diene conjugation method) an...

1. The concentration-dependent scavenging abilities of zinc DL-methionine, zinc sulfate, zinc gluconate, zinc picolinate and selected free radical scavengers, including superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, mannitol, allopurinol and DL-methionine, were examined against biochemically generated superoxide anion, hydroxyl radical and hypochlorite radical plus hypochlorous acid, by chemiluminescenc...

BACKGROUND Since free radical scavengers of parasite origin like glutathione-S-transferase and superoxide dismutase are being explored as prospective vaccine targets, availability of these molecules within the parasite infecting different hosts as well as different sites of infection is of considerable importance. Using Clinostomum complanatum, as a model helminth parasite, we analysed the effe...

Addition of hydroxyl radical scavengers (benzoate, ethanol, and mannitol) to granulocyte chemiluminescent reactions significantly enhanced light generation without altering granulocyte oxygen consumption or superoxide production.

Isolated microsomes catalyze an NADPH-dependent oxidation of typical hydroxyl radical scavenging agents. To determine which microsomal components participate in the oxidation of the scavengers, experiments were carried out with purified NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase and cytochrome P-450 isolated from phenobarbital-treated rats. The production of ethylene from 4-ketothiomethylbutyrate or of f...

Children with Down syndrome are at high risk for acute respiratory distress syndrome. In Down syndrome, both regulation of inflammation and apoptosis, important in acute respiratory distress syndrome pathophysiology, are abnormal. This has been linked to an imbalance in free radical scavengers. We investigated the expression of free radical scavengers and the effect of oxidative stress in terms...

This study was conducted to evaluate the radical scavenging capacities of extracts and preparations from a Lavandula vera MM plant cell culture with different rosmarinic acid content and to compare them with pure rosmarinic and caffeic acids as well. The methods, which were used are superoxide anion and 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt radicals scavenging a...

Low density lipoprotein (LDL) has been reported to be injurious or toxic to cells in vitro. This injurious effect is, in some instances, due to oxidation of the lipid moiety of the lipoprotein. The objectives of this study were to determine if the oxidation rendering the lipoprotein toxic to human skin fibroblasts occurred by free radical mechanisms, and if so, which of the common free radical ...

Photosensitive dyes representative of the thiazines, xanthenes, acridines, and phenazines mediated phototoxicity in Escherichia coli B. The observed phototoxicity was sensitizer-, light-, and oxygen-dependent and is therefore a photodynamic effect. Hydroxyl radical scavengers conferred protection against the photodynamic action of all of the representative dyes. The extent of protection was dep...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Studies showing efficacy with free radical scavengers have been conflicting, and when protection was demonstrated it was attributed to action at the level of the vascular endothelium. The purpose of this study was to test the hypotheses that neuronal free radical formation plays a role in the ischemic cascade and occurs intracellularly and that free radical scavengers, if...