竹叶提取物的体外抑菌及抗氧化活性的研究

本文用水提取竹叶有效成分,将提取液浓缩至含生药量约1.0 g/mL,经醇沉后取清液浓缩,再经石油醚、三氯甲烷、乙酸乙酯、正丁醇分步萃取,得不同极性的各部分提取物。以金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌为供试菌,采用抑菌圈法(琼脂扩散法)和最低抑菌浓度(MIC)法测定其抑菌效果。结果显示,石油醚、三氯甲烷、乙酸乙酯部分均表现抑菌活性。各供试样对两种菌的抑菌圈直径达9.8～18.4 mm,最低抑菌浓度分别为1.25 mg/mL2,.50 mg/mL和5.00 mg/mL。最后采用亚硝基红盐-Co2+褪色法研究了竹叶提取物对.OH的清除作用,结果表明三氯甲烷和乙酸乙酯部分萃取物的抗氧化性明显优于水提物,其中乙酸乙酯部分萃取物的IC50值为1.06 mg/mL。     

Reactive oxygen species: current knowledge and applications in cancer research and therapeutic

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are natural products inevitably generated along cellular metabolism. Due to their highly reactive nature, which can damage DNA, proteins and lipids, cells utilize antioxidative or defense systems to balance these toxic products to keep the cells in a state of redox homeostasis. However, under the situation of imbalance in redox status, depending on the magnitude of ROS encountered, high levels of ROS can induce apoptosis, whereas chronic low levels of ROS promote vascular diseases such as arteriosclerosis. Although ROS seem to be catastrophic to life, accumulating evidence points to the beneficial roles of ROS by virtue of the ability as chemotherapeutic agents to cure human diseases. Many anti-cancer drugs have been developed in this way which can generate ROS and cause oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in cancer cells. The effects of ROS are paradoxical because they can act as both disease culprits and chemotherapeutic agents. In this review, the current knowledge of ROS and the potential applications of ROS in cancer therapeutic will be discussed.     

Antioxidant status and lipid peroxidation in type II diabetes mellitus

Diabetes Mellitus (DM), a state of chronic hyperglycaemia, is a common disease affecting over 124 million individuals worldwide. In this study, erythrocyte glutathione levels, lipid peroxidation, superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase and some extracellular antioxidant protein levels of patients with type II diabetes mellitus and healthy controls were investigated. Thirty-eight patients (21 males; with age of mean +/- SD, 53.1+/-9.7 years) and 18 clinically healthy subjects (10 males; with age of mean +/- SD, 49.3+/-15.2 years) were included in the study. Levels of erythrocyte lipid peroxidation, serum ceruloplasmin and glucose levels, HbA1C levels, and erythrocyte catalase activity were significantly increased, whereas serum albumin and transferrin levels, erythrocyte glutathione levels, and glutathione peroxidase activity were significantly decreased compared to those of controls. There was no significant difference in superoxide dismutase activity compared to controls. The results suggest that the antioxidant deficiency and excessive peroxide-mediated damage may appear in non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.     

中草药抗氧化活性研究进展

综述了中草药抗氧化作用机理及其评价方法、高效抗氧化剂的筛选、中草药抗氧化剂的主要活性成分和中草药抗氧化剂的应用研究进展。     

木犀草素-锡(Ⅱ)配合物的合成、表征及抗氧化活性研究

木犀草素与金属离子有较强的配位能力,形成配合物后,活性会发生变化,因此研究了木犀草素与锡(Ⅱ)配合物的合成及其抗氧化活性。采用紫外可见分光光度法、红外光谱法和核磁共振氢谱法对配合物的结构进行表征,并通过DPPH自由基法和邻二氮菲-Fe2+法分别测定了木犀草素-锡(Ⅱ)配合物对DPPH自由基和羟基自由基(.OH)的清除作用。结果表明,木犀草素与锡(Ⅱ)发生配位的位点在5-OH～4-C=O位和3’,4’-OH位,木犀草素-锡(Ⅱ)配合物具备一定的清除DPPH自由基和.OH自由基的性能,但是由于二价锡离子与木犀草素分子中的活性位点(酚羟基)发生了配位络合,所以清除上述自由基的性能较木犀草素均有所降低。     

Antioxidant properties of indapamide, 5-OH indapamide and hydrochlorothiazide evaluated by oxygen-radical absorbing capacity and electron paramagnetic resonance

The aim of these experiments was to investigate the radical scavenging properties of three diuretics: indapamide (IND) and its major metabolite, 5-OH indapamide (5-OH IND), compared to a reference diuretic, hydrochlorothiazide (HTZ). Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) was used to determine the scavenging abilities of these compounds on enzymatically produced superoxide radical anion, with 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide (DMPO) used as a spin-trap. These experiments revealed that IND and specially 5-OH IND were effective superoxide radical anion scavengers at 0.2 mg/ml. In the second part of these studies, allophycocyanin was used as an indicator of free radical mediated protein damage. In the assay, 2,2-azobis(2-amidinopropane) hydrochloride (AAPH) was used as a peroxyl radical generator, Trolox (a water-soluble analogue of vitamin E) as a control standard, and the loss of allophycocyanin fluorescence was monitored. The antioxidant effects of the diuretics were expressed in oxygen-radical absorbing capacity (ORAC), where one ORAC unit equals the net protection produced by 1 µM Trolox. HTZ showed no protection up to 100 µM final concentration, whereas IND and 5-OH IND showed linear correlation with respect to concentration when expressed in ORAC units: 5-OH IND induced the highest protection against peroxyl radical. The above observations suggested that IND and 5-OH IND are potent radical scavengers, with the metabolite 5-OH IND having a superior antioxidant potency than IND. By contrast, HTZ had no effect. These radical scavenging properties of 5-OH IND may be of clinical interest for vascular protection and may help to protect the heart from oxidative injury.     

洋虫成虫脱脂蛋白酶解液的抗氧化作用

对洋虫Martianus dermestoides Chevrolat成虫脱脂蛋白酶解液的抗氧化作用进行了研究。用木瓜蛋白酶水解洋虫成虫脱脂蛋白,用截留分子量分别为10 kDa和6 kDa的超滤膜将其分离成3个组分,用邻苯三酚 鲁米诺发光法、DPPH自由基清除法、Fenton法和Oyaizu法,分别测定不同分子量的洋虫成虫脱脂蛋白酶解液清除超氧阴离子自由基、DPPH自由基及羟基自由基的能力。结果表明：洋虫成虫蛋白酶解液3个组分都有很好的清除自由基能力,且还原性较强,以分子量＜6 kDa的组分清除效果最佳(P＜0.05)。结果揭示洋虫成虫脱脂蛋白酶解液具有很好的抗氧化作用。     

Alpha-tocopherol pretreatment improves endothelium-dependent vasodilation in aortic strips of young and aging rats exposed to oxidative stress

Acetylcholine-induced, endothelium-dependent relaxation of norepinephrine-precontracted aortic strips, was severely impaired after exposure to a hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase reaction generating oxygen radicals. This effect was more evident in aortic strips of aging rats (24 months old) in comparison to young rats (3 months old). The addition of authentic ·NO (1 M) completely relaxed aortic strips exposed to oxidative stress both in young and aging rats. In vitro EPR measurements showed that the ·NO signal was reduced by enzymatic O₂-generating reaction.The activity of a partial purified preparation of constitutive NO synthase from rat cerebellum was significantly decreased after exposure to exogenous oxygen radicals. Pretreatment of aortic strips with 100 M alpha-tocopherol-phosphate, produced a significant improvement of acetylcholine-dependent relaxation in the aortic strips exposed to oxidative stress, particularly in the aged vessel. The content of malondialdehyde in aortic tissue did not change after oxidative stress or alpha-tocopherol pretreatment. Alpha-tocopherol was unable to recover the NO synthase activity depressed in vitro by hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase reaction. This study confirms that an oxidative stress impairs the endothelium-mediated vasodilation. Alpha-tocopherol pretreatment protects the vessel against this damage. The mechanism of action of alpha-tocopherol is unknown, but seems unrelated to an antioxidant activity.Abbreviations ACh acethylcholine - EPR electron paramagnetic resonance - ROS reactive oxygen species - MDA malondialdehyde - NE norepinephrine - cNOS constitutive nitric oxide synthase     

富硒食用菌多糖的体外抗氧化研究

分别采用还原力、羟自由基、超氧阴离子自由基、[DPPH.]体系和卵磷脂脂质过氧化体系等几种不同的体外抗氧化模型,对超声波法提取得到的富硒食用菌多糖的抗氧化能力进行了研究。结果表明,在各种体系中,富硒食用菌多糖均表现出较高的抗氧化性,且其浓度与抗氧化活性呈一定的量效关系,在相同的多糖浓度下,体系的抗氧化活性与硒含量有关。     

酿酒葡萄皮渣中白藜芦醇的抗氧化活性研究

本文利用甲醇溶剂对酿酒葡萄皮渣进行浸提,得到白藜芦醇粗提物.粗提物通过硅胶柱层析进行纯化.然后,研究了白藜芦醇的氧自由基、超氧阴离子自由基、羟自由基、DPPH自由基的清除能力.结果显示:白藜芦醇具有很强的自由基清除能力和抗氧化能力,并且随着浓度的增加,抗氧化能力增强.     

毛头鬼伞(Coprinus comatus)多糖的理化性质及体外抗氧化活性

毛头鬼伞(Coprinus comatus)子实体经热水浸提、乙醇沉淀、脱蛋白和真空干燥后得到毛头鬼伞多糖。经定性化学反应和光谱鉴定,毛头鬼伞多糖不含蛋白质、核酸、酚类物质和糖醛酸,为非淀粉类中性多糖,均分子量为947 kD,完全酸水解后经气相色谱分析确定其糖基组成及其摩尔组成比为葡萄糖∶甘露糖∶半乳糖=10.5∶1.7∶1。通过对脱氧核糖体系产生的羟基自由基(.OH)的清除作用和邻苯三酚自氧化系统产生的超氧阴离子自由基(O2-.)的清除作用,对毛头鬼伞多糖体外抗氧化活性进行的研究结果表明:该多糖具有一定的抗氧化活性。     

顶羽菊抗氧化活性研究

目的:探讨顶羽菊提取物的抗氧化活性。方法:采用Folin-Ciocaheu法测定顶羽菊水提物和醇提物中的多酚含量,并以芦丁为标准品测定其黄酮含量;通过总还原力测定法、Fenton法、改良的邻苯三酚自氧化法、过氧化脂质测定、亚硝酸盐清除率测定和亚硝胺合成阻断率测定,分别对顶羽菊提取物的总还原力、超氧阴离子自由基和羟自由基清除能力、脂质过氧化抑制作用、清除亚硝酸盐自由基和亚硝胺阻断率进行测定。结果:顶羽菊水提物和醇提物中含有以黄酮类为主要成分的多酚类物质;具有较强的还原性和清除超氧阴离子自由基、羟自由基的活性,且醇提物的作用高于水提物;二者对脂质过氧化的抑制率达47%以上;顶羽菊提取物具有较强的清除亚硝酸钠和阻断亚硝胺合成的能力,水提物对亚硝酸盐的最大清除率为60.4%,醇提物对亚硝胺合成的阻断率为86.6%。结论:顶羽菊醇提物可作为抗氧化剂和防癌剂,用于清除机体内自由基、抗脂质氧化、延缓机体衰老、预防心血管系统疾病和癌症的发生。     

Antioxidant activity of 4-flavonil-1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives

The effect of 4-flavonil-1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives on a chemical system involving a superoxide radical anion was tested using the chemiluminescence and spectrophotometry methods. All tested compounds enhanced the light emission from the system. The obtained results indicated that the tested derivatives may catalyze the conversion of superoxide radicals, thus showing superoxide dismutase activity.     

一些孟加拉当地产水果的抗氧化活性

研究了A. heterophyllus, A. squamosa, T. bellirica, S. samarangense, A. carambola and O. europa 水果的抗氧化活性。首先将这些成熟的水果切成小片,然后用日光晒干,最后用研磨器磨成粉末。这些水果粉末用99.99%的乙醇进行乙醇提取。这些提取物的活性通过其清除稳定的1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH)自由基的能力进行测定。实验结果表明,所有A. heterophyllus, A. squamosa, T. bellirica, S. samarangense, A. carambola and O. europa这些水果的乙醇提取物都具有抗氧化活性,这些水果的乙醇提取物的的IC₅₀值分别是410, 250, 34, 200, 30 和76μg/mL。其中A. carambola具有最高的抗氧化活性,其次是T. bellirica, O. europa, S. samarangense, A. squamosa 和 A. heterophyllus 。结果表明A. carambola, T. bellirica 和 O. europa对人体健康是非常有益的。     

一些孟加拉当地产水果的抗氧化活性

研究了A.heterophyllus,A.squamosa,T.bellirica,S.samarangense,A.carambolaand O.europ水果的抗氧化活性。首先将这些成熟的水果切成小片,然后用日光晒干,最后用研磨器磨成粉末。这些水果粉末用99·99%的乙醇进行乙醇提取。这些提取物的活性通过其清除稳定的1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl(DPPH)自由基的能力进行测定。实验结果表明,所有A.heterophyllus,A.squamosa,T.bellirica,S.samarangense,A.carambolaand O.europa这些水果的乙醇提取物都具有抗氧化活性,这些水果的乙醇提取物的的IC50值分别是410,250,34,200,30和76μg/mL。其中A.carambola具有最高的抗氧化活性,其次是T.bellirica,O.europa,S.samarangense,A.squamosa和A.heterophyllus。结果表明A.carambola,T.bellirica和O.europa对人体健康是非常有益的。     

Reactive Oxygen Species Activity and Antioxidant Properties of Fusarium Infected Bananas

Fusarium infection of bananas is a global problem that threatens the production of bananas. This study looks at the effects of the infection upon the reactive oxygen species (ROS) system, as well as the induced antioxidant properties in the roots, stems, leaves and fruits. Results show that there is a greater amount of damage in infected tissue samples as opposed to non‐infected. The damage was observed to be higher in the root samples. ROS assays were divided into two classes: ROS assays and ROS‐scavenging assays. Of the ROS assays, lipoxygenase was observed to be higher in the infected samples, while peroxidase (POD) and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) were significantly higher in infected stem, leaf and fruit samples. Among root samples, there was no significant difference in POD activity and PPO was lower in infected samples. Induction of ROS is important for the hypersensitive response (HR) to function properly. The ROS‐scavenging enzymes, namely ascorbate peroxidase, guaiacol peroxidase and superoxide dismutase, exhibited higher levels in the infected tissue. This is most likely to counter the build‐up of the ROS enzymes and to prevent further cell death. The increase in ROS‐scavenging assays also correlates with higher antioxidant properties as antioxidants play a critical role in regulating the HR free radicals.     

Antioxidant mechanisms of isoflavones in lipid systems: paradoxical effects of peroxyl radical scavenging

Oxidation of lipids has been implicated in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis. It has been suggested that scavenging of lipid peroxyl radicals contribute to the antiatherosclerotic effects of naturally occurring compounds such as the isoflavones. This group of polyphenolics includes genistein and is present in relatively high concentrations in food products containing soy. Soy isoflavones are capable of inhibiting lipoprotein oxidation in vitro and suppressing formation of plasma lipid oxidation products in vivo. However, key aspects of the antioxidant mechanisms remain unknown. In this study the antioxidant effects of genistein and other soy isoflavones on lipid peroxidation initiated by mechanistically diverse oxidants was investigated. Although isoflavones inhibited lipid peroxidation stimulated by both metal-dependent and independent processes, the concentration required for these effects were relatively high compared to those found in vivo. Interestingly, however, isoflavones were not consumed and remained in the native state over the time during which inhibition of lipid peroxidation was observed. This was also the case under conditions where synergistic inhibition of LDL oxidation was observed with ascorbate. Furthermore, in an oxidation system driven solely by peroxyl radicals, isoflavones were found to be relatively poor peroxyl radical scavengers. Consistent with the apparent lack of reactivity with lipid-derived oxidants, isoflavones were also relatively resistant to oxidation mediated by the potent oxidant peroxynitrite. The potential antioxidant mechanisms of isoflavones are discussed in the context of possible reactivities of isoflavone-derived phenoxyl radicals.     

Aging: a shift from redox regulation to oxidative damage

Proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids can undergo various forms of oxidative modification. In numerous instances, these modifications result in irreversible loss of function. The age-dependent accumulation of oxidatively modified and dysfunctional macromolecules provides the basis for the free radical theory of aging. Pro-oxidants, however, are also capable of catalyzing fully reversible modifications to protein. It is increasingly apparent that these reactions participate in redox-dependent regulation of cell metabolism and response to stress. The adventitious use of free radical species adds complexity to the experimental and theoretical manner in which the free radical theory is to be tested and considered. Elucidation of mechanisms by which reversible oxidative processes are controlled, the components involved, and the metabolic consequences and how they are altered with age will provide new insight on the aging process and attempts to delay the inevitable.     

Exploring oxidative modifications of tyrosine: An update on mechanisms of formation,advances in analysis and biological consequences

Abstract

Protein oxidation is increasingly recognised as an important modulator of biochemical pathways controlling both physiological and pathological processes. While much attention has focused on cysteine modifications in reversible redox signalling, there is increasing evidence that other protein residues are oxidised in vivo with impact on cellular homeostasis and redox signalling pathways. A notable example is tyrosine, which can undergo a number of oxidative post-translational modifications to form 3-hydroxy-tyrosine, tyrosine crosslinks, 3-nitrotyrosine and halogenated tyrosine, with different effects on cellular functions. Tyrosine oxidation has been studied extensively in vitro, and this has generated detailed information about the molecular mechanisms that may occur in vivo. An important aspect of studying tyrosine oxidation both in vitro and in biological systems is the ability to monitor the formation of oxidised derivatives, which depends on a variety of analytical techniques. While antibody-dependent techniques such as ELISAs are commonly used, these have limitations, and more specific assays based on spectroscopic or spectrometric techniques are required to provide information on the exact residues modified and the nature of the modification. These approaches have helped understanding of the consequences of tyrosine oxidation in biological systems, especially its effects on cell signalling and cell dysfunction, linking to roles in disease. There is mounting evidence that tyrosine oxidation processes are important in vivo and can contribute to cellular pathology.     

Aging: A shift from redox regulation to oxidative damage

Proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids can undergo various forms of oxidative modification. In numerous instances, these modifications result in irreversible loss of function. The age-dependent accumulation of oxidatively modified and dysfunctional macromolecules provides the basis for the free radical theory of aging. Pro-oxidants, however, are also capable of catalyzing fully reversible modifications to protein. It is increasingly apparent that these reactions participate in redox-dependent regulation of cell metabolism and response to stress. The adventitious use of free radical species adds complexity to the experimental and theoretical manner in which the free radical theory is to be tested and considered. Elucidation of mechanisms by which reversible oxidative processes are controlled, the components involved, and the metabolic consequences and how they are altered with age will provide new insight on the aging process and attempts to delay the inevitable.