微生物源性抗氧化剂体外抗氧化能力的初步研究

目的:研究微生物源性抗氧化剂的体外抗氧化能力.方法:在体外分别测定微生物源性抗氧化剂、α-生育酚(Vε)、抗坏血酸(VC)、L-硫辛酸、表没食子酸儿茶素的还原能力,羟自由基、超氧阴离子自由基和DPPH自由基清除能力及抗脂质过氧化能力,比较微生物源性抗氧化剂与其他抗氧化剂抗氧化能力.结果:微生物源性抗氧化剂有较强的抗氧化能力,体外清除羟自由基、超氧阴离子自由基、DPPH自由基能力的半数有效量(EC50)分别为184.5μg、48.7μg、66.1 μg.与常见抗氧化剂相比,微生物源性抗氧化剂对氧自由基及氮自由基都有较好的清除自由基作用.结论:微生物源性抗氧化剂体外抗氧化作用明显,有进一步开发的价值.     

川芎粗多糖抗氧化和细胞毒活性研究

通过川芎粗多糖(LCP)对DPPH离子、超氧阴离子、.OH、总抗氧化能力、螯合能力、还原性和脂质过氧化能力的抗氧化效果和对肝癌细胞HepG2的抑制作用研究。结果显示:LCP具有较强的还原力,对超氧阴离子自由基、脂质过氧化产物有良好的抑制作用,其对肝癌细胞HepG2也具有一定的抑制作用。LCP有望作为天然抗氧化剂及功能性食品得到开发与应用。     

ADP—Fe~（2＋）启动脂质过氧化的化学发光研究

以化学发光法和雨二醛测定法为实验手段研究了ＡＤＰ—Ｆｅ２＋启动的脂质过氧化反应以及几种金属离子对该反应的影响、结果表明,当反应体系中只有ＡＤＰ－Ｆｅ２＋存在时,通过化学发光法和丙二醛测定法都可以现察到脂质过氧化反应在０—５分钟内有一“潜伏期”存在,同时在微粒体浓度保持不变的条件下,增大二价铁离子的浓度,则脂质过氧化的水平增强。如果反应体系中同时加入ＡＤＰ—Ｆｅ２＋与ＡＤＰ—Ｆｅ３＋,则反应起始时的“潜伏期”消失。当ＡＤＰ—Ｆｅ３＋、ＡＤＰ—Ａｌ３＋和ＡＤＰ－Ｐｂ２＋单独存在时本身并不启动脂质过氧化,但对ＡＤＰ－Ｆｅ２＋启动的脂质过氧化都有增强作用,并且三价铁离子对鼠肝微粒体脂质过氧化的增强作用随着ＡＤＰ－Ｆｅ２＋浓度的增大而逐渐加强。将化学发光法与雨二醛测定法的结果加以比较,发现微粒体本身对它的脂质过氧化反应过程中的发光具有猝灭作用。     

3'-大豆苷元磺酸钠的体外抗氧化研究

为研究3'-大豆苷元磺酸钠(DSS)的体外抗氧化活性,测定了DSS对超氧自由基(O2·)、羟基自由基(·OH)和1,1-二苯基-2.苦苯肼自由基(DPPH·)的清除能力,及其对Fe2 诱导的脂质过氧化反应和β-胡萝卜素/亚油酸自氧化体系的抑制作用.结果表明,DSS对DPPH·有一定的清除能力,对超氧自由基的清除能力较强,能很好地清除·OH自由基,对脂质过氧化有一定的抑制作用,对β-胡萝卜素/亚油酸自氧化体系有明显的抑制作用.说明DSS的药理作用可能与其较强的抗氧化能力有关.     

冬葵果多糖的抗氧化作用研究

研究冬葵果多糖(Fructus Malvae polysaccharides,FMP)对氧自由基的清除作用及对脂质过氧化的抑制作用。采用分光光度法测定FMP清除Fenton体系产生的羟自由基(.OH)、邻苯三酚自氧化体系产生的超氧阴离子自由基(O2-.)的能力及评价对Fe(Ⅱ)-H2O2体系(.OH)诱导的脂质过氧化终产物丙二醛(MDA)的抑制作用。结果显示,在化学模拟体系中,冬葵果多糖对.OH具有很强的清除作用,与VC比较达到显著水平(P<0.01),对O2-.的清除能力与VC相当。在体外,多糖浓度达到1.72 mg/mL可明显降低MDA的含量,与空白液比较达到显著水平(P<0.01)。以上结果表明,FMP具有明显的抗氧化活性。     

黄芪有效成分对氧自由基清除作用的ESR研究

用电子自旋共振技术研究了黄芪总黄酮(TFA)、黄芪总皂甙(TSA)和黄芪总多糖(TPA)对次黄嘌呤／黄嘌呤氧化酶体系产生的超氧阴离子自由基和H₂O₂－Fe²⁺体系产生的羟自由基的清除作用．结果表明,这3种成分均有清除氧自由基的作用;对超氧阴离子自由基的清除效能大于对羟自由基的清除作用;其作用强度依次为TFA＞TSA＞TPA．结果提示清除氧自由基可能是黄芪抗衰老的主要机理之一,TFA和TSA是黄芪抗氧化作用的主要药理活性成分．     

丹参酮对心肌肌质网脂质过氧化过程中脂类自由基的清除作用

应用自旋捕集方法和化学发光方法研究天然抗氧化剂丹参酮（Ｔａｎｓｈｉｎｏｎｅ）对心肌肌质网膜脂质过氧化过程中产生的脂类自由基的清除作用。发现在一定的浓度范围内,丹参酮对脂质过氧化有较好的保护作用,在丹参酮浓度大于１ｍｇ／ｍｇ蛋白时,对脂类自由基清除率可达６０％。丹参酮对肌质网膜脂质过氧化的保护机理可能是通过清除脂类自由基而阻断脂质过氧化的链式反应,而不是清除氧自由基而防止脂质过氧化的启动。     

金樱子多糖的抗氧化作用

目的：探讨金樱子多糖(PRL)体外抗氧化作用。方法：邻苯三酚自氧化法测定PRL清除超氧阴离子自由基效果;比色法测定PRL对羟自由基诱导红细胞溶血、脂质过氧化反应的影响。结果：PRL能显著清除超氧阴离子自由基、押制羟自由基对细胞膜的破坏而引起的溶血和脂质过氧化产物的形成。结论：PRL具有显著的抗氧化作用。     

3′－大豆苷元磺酸钠的体外抗氧化研究

为研究3′-大豆苷元磺酸钠（DSS）的体外抗氧化活性,测定了DSS对超氧自由基（02&#183;）、羟基自由基（&#183;OH）和1,1-二苯基-2-苦苯肼自由基（DPPH&#183;）的清除能力,及其对Fe^2＋诱导的脂质过氧化反应和β-胡萝卜素／亚油酸自氧化体系的抑制作用。结果表明,DSS对DPPH&#183;有一定的清除能力,对超氧自由基的清除能力较强,能很好地清除&#183;OH自由基,对脂质过氧化有一定的抑制作用,对β-胡萝卜素／亚油酸自氧化体系有明显的抑制作用。说明DSS的药理作用可能与其较强的抗氧化能力有关。     

Rhizobium sp. N613胞外多糖的抗氧化活性

以铁氰化钾和铁离子为检测系统测定了Rhizobium sp.N613胞外多糖(REPS)对氧化物的还原力;H2O2和Fe2+为羟自由基生成系统检测了REPS对羟自由基的清除作用;邻苯三酚自氧化法检测了REPS对超氧阴离子的清除作用;并体外检测了REPS对H2O2引起的氧化溶血现象的抑制作用及对小鼠肝组织脂质过氧化损伤的保护作用。结果显示,REPS对氧化物具有明显的还原力,其对羟自由基的清除作用达到35.46%(多糖浓度为2mg/mL),对超氧阴离子的清除作用达到36.84%(多糖浓度为0.78mg/mL),对H2O2引起的氧化溶血现象的抑制作用达到43.84%(多糖浓度为1.14mg/mL),对小鼠肝组织脂质过氧化的保护作用达到34.46%(多糖浓度为1.14mg/mL),表明REPS具有良好的抗氧化作用,有着重要的应用价值。     

Inhibition of rat liver microsomal lipid peroxidation by N-acyldehydroalanines: an in vitro comparative study

Captodative substituted olefins are radical scavengers which react with free radicals to form stabilized radical adducts. One of those compounds, N-(paramethoxyphenylacetyl)dehydroalanine (AD-5), may react and scavenge both superoxide anion (O-2) and alk-oxyl radicals (RO.), and in this way prevent the appearance of their mediated biological effects. Nitrofurantoin and tert-butyl hydroperoxide were used as model compounds to stimulate free radical production and their mediated lipid peroxidation in rat liver microsomes. In addition, lipid peroxidation was also initiated by exposure of rat liver microsomal suspensions to ionizing radiation (gamma rays). The microsomal lipid peroxidation induced by these chemicals and physical agents was inhibited by the addition of AD-5. These effects were dose-dependent in a millimolar range of concentration. In addition, AD-5 has no effect on microsomal electron transport, showing that NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase activity was not modified. These data, together with the comparisons of the effects of AD-5 and some antioxidant molecules such as superoxide dismutase, uric acid, and mannitol, support the conclusion that inhibition of lipid peroxidation by AD-5 is the result of its free radical scavenger activity. In addition, the inhibitory effect of AD-5 on microsomal lipid peroxidation was dependent of the nature of the free radical species involved in the initiation of the process, suggesting that O-2 is scavenged more efficiently than RO.     

Studies on the aqueous extract of Terminalia chebula as a potent antioxidant and a probable radioprotector.

Aqueous extract of a natural herb, Terminalia chebula was tested for potential antioxidant activity by examining its ability to inhibit gamma-radiation-induced lipid peroxidation in rat liver microsomes and damage to superoxide dismutase enzyme in rat liver mitochondria. The antimutagenic activity of the extract has been examined by following the inhibition of gamma-radiation-induced strand breaks formation in plasmid pBR322 DNA. In order to understand the phytochemicals responsible for this, HPLC analysis of the extract was carried out, which showed the presence of compounds such as ascorbate, gallic acid and ellagic acid. This was also confirmed by cyclic voltammetry. The extract inhibits xanthine/xanthine oxidase activity and is also an excellent scavenger of DPPH radicals. The rate at which the extract and its constituents scavenge the DPPH radical was studied by using stopped-flow kinetic spectrometer. Based on all these results it is concluded that the aqueous extract of T. chebula acts as a potent antioxidant and since it is able to protect cellular organelles from the radiation-induced damage, it may be considered as a probable radioprotector.     

Production of superoxide radical in reductive metabolism of a synthetic food-coloring agent, indigocarmine, and related compounds

Indigocarmine, which is widely used as a synthetic colouring agent for foods and cosmetics in many countries, was reduced to its leuco form and decolorized by rat liver microsomes with NADPH under anaerobic conditions. The reductase activity was enhanced in liver microsomes of phenobarbital-treated rats, and inhibited by diphenyliodonium chloride, a NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (P450 reductase) inhibitor, but was not inhibited by SKF 525-A or carbon monoxide. Indigocarmine reductase activity was exhibited by purified rat P450 reductase. In contrast, when indigocarmine was incubated with rat liver microsomes and NADPH under aerobic conditions, superoxide radical was produced and its production was inhibited by superoxide dismutase and diphenyliodonium chloride. When indigocarmine was incubated with purified rat P450 reductase in the presence of NADPH, superoxide radical production was enhanced 17.7-fold (similar to the enhancement of indigocarmine-reducing ability) as compared with that of rat liver microsomes. A decrease of one molecule of NADPH was accompanied with formation of about two molecules of superoxide radical. P450 reductase exhibited little reductase activity towards indigo and tetrabromoindigo, which also afforded little superoxide radical under aerobic conditions. These results indicate that indigocarmine is reduced by P450 reductase to its leuco form, and superoxide radical is produced by autoxidation of the leuco form, through a mechanism known as futile redox cycling.     

Antioxidant activity of anti-inflammatory plant extracts

The antioxidant properties of twenty medical herbs used in the traditional Mediterranean and Chinese medicine were studied. Extracts from Forsythia suspensa, Helichrysum italicum, Scrophularia auriculata, Inula viscosa, Coptis chinensis, Poria cocos and Scutellaria baicalensis had previously shown anti-inflammatory activity in different experimental models. Using free radical-generating systems H. italicum. I. viscosa and F. suspensa protected against enzymatic and non-enzymatic lipid peroxidation in model membranes and also showed scavenging property on the superoxide radical. All extracts were assayed at a concentration of 100 microg/ml. Most of the extracts were weak scavengers of the hydroxyl radical and C. chinensis and P. cocos exhibited the highest scavenging activity. Although S. baicalensis inhibited the lipid peroxidation in rat liver microsomes and red blood cells, the extract showed inhibitory actions on aminopyrine N-demethylase and xanthine oxidase activities as well as an pro-oxidant effect observed in the Fe3+-EDTA-H2O2 system. The results of the present work suggest that the anti-inflammatory activities of the same extracts could be explained, at least in part, by their antioxidant properties.     

Synthesis and antioxidant properties of novel benzimidazole derivatives

Some novel benzimidazole derivatives carrying thiosemicarbazide and triazole moieties at the N1 position were synthesized and their in vitro effects on rat liver microsomal NADPH-dependent lipid peroxidation (LP) levels determined by measuring the formation of 2-thiobarbituric acid reactive substance. The free radical scavenging properties of the compounds were also examined in vitro by determining the capacity to scavenge superoxide anion formation and the interaction with the stable free radical 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). The compounds showed a significant effect in the above tests except to scavenge superoxide anion formation.     

Antioxidant activity of compounds from the medicinal herb Aster tataricus

A number of compounds were isolated from the medicinal plant Aster tataricus including shionone, epifriedelinol, quercetin, kaempferol, scopoletin, emodin, aurantiamide acetate and 1,7-dihydroxy-6-methyl-anthraquinone. The compounds were compared with regard to their ability in inhibiting hemolysis of rat erythrocytes induced by 2'-2' azobis (2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride, lipid peroxidation using the FeSO(4)-ascorbic acid system, and generation of superoxide radicals using a phenazine methosulfate-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide system. The effects on the Fe-bleomycin-induced DNA damage reflected pro-oxidant activity. Quercetin and kaempferol were most potent in inhibiting hemolysis, lipid peroxidation and superoxide radical generation. Scopoletin and emodin were similar to quercetin and kaempferol in inhibiting superoxide radical generation and second to them in inhibiting lipid peroxidation. Aurantiamide acetate exhibited some inhibitory activity toward superoxide radical generation. 1,7-dihydroxy-6-methyl-anthraquinone exerted an inhibitory activity only on superoxide radical generation. Shionone and epifriedelinol did not display any antioxidant activity. Quercetin and kaempferol, but not the remaining compounds, exhibited some pro-oxidant activity.     

Role of hydroxyl radical in superoxide induced microsomal lipid peroxidation: Protective effect of anion channel blocker

Treatment of bovine pulmonary artery smooth muscle microsomes with the superoxide radical generating system hypoxanthine plus xanthine oxidase stimulated iron release, hydroxyl radical production and lipid peroxidation. Pretreatment of the microsomes with deferoxamine or dime thy lthiourea markedly inhibited lipid peroxidation, and prevented hydroxyl radical production without appreciably altering iron release. The superoxide radical generating system did not alter the ambient superoxide dismutase activity. However,addition of exogenous superoxide dismutase prevented superoxide radical induced iron release,hydroxyl radical production and lipid peroxidation. Simultaneous treatment of the microsomes with deferoxamine, dimethylthiourea or superoxide dismutase prevented hydroxyl radical production and liqid peroxidation. While deferoxamine or dimethylthiourea did not appreciably alter iron release, superoxide dismutase prevented iron release. However, addition of deferoxamine, dimethylthiourea or superoxide dismutase even 2 min after treatment did not significantly inhibit lipid peroxidation, hydroxyl radical production and iron release. Pretreatment of microsomes with the anion channel blocker 4,4’- dithiocyano 2,′- disulphonic acid stilbine did not cause any discernible change in chemiluminiscence induced by the superoxide radical generating system but markedly inhibited lipid peroxidation without appreciably altering iron release and hydroxial radical production.     

Oxygen free radical scavenger properties of dehydroepiandrosterone

The microsomes from dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)-supplemented animals are good hydroxyl radical scavengers, as demonstrated through electron spin resonance and deoxyribose degradation. The ability of DHEA-supplemented microsomes to react with superoxide radical was also demonstrated through the inhibition of nitro-blue tetrazolium reduction determined by superoxide radicals produced in a hypoxanthine–xanthine oxidase system. DHEA-enriched microsomes, obtained from acutely DHEA-treated rats, become resistant to iron-dependent lipid peroxidation triggered by H₂O₂/FeSO₄ and ascorbate/FeSO₄. The direct addition of DHEA to microsomes from untreated rats failed to prevent iron-dependent lipid peroxidation, even if the microsomes were preincubated with DHEA for up to 15 min, indicating that in vivo transformation is required before antioxidant action can be exerted. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Antioxidative effect of ursodeoxycholic acid in the liver of rats with oxidative stress caused by gamma-irradiation

We studied effects of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) (10 and 100 mg/kg b.w.) on the free radical generation, lipid peroxidation and the antioxidant defense system in the liver of rats with oxidative stress caused by gamma-irradiation. Both doses of UDCA normalized the liver parameters enhanced by gamma-irradiation: the content of superoxide anion and carbonyl-containing products of lipid peroxidation (alkanals, alkenals, alkadienals and ketones), the superoxide dismutase activity and the chemiluminescence enhanced by luminol. Only the highest dose of UDCA (100 mg/kg b.w.) decreased the chemiluminescence enhanced by lucigenin in liver microsomes and the hydroxyalkenals content in the liver. UDCA prevented reduced glutathione depletion caused by gamma-irradiation, whereas glutathione-related enzyme activities did not change under the influence of both the UDCA doses as well as gamma-irradiation. Thus, the data obtained suggest that UDCA is a metabolite having the sufficiently effective antioxidant properties.     

Investigation of the in vitro antioxidant behaviour of some 2-phenylindole derivatives: discussion on possible antioxidant mechanisms and comparison with melatonin

Oxidative stress has been implicated in the development of many neurodegenerative diseases and also responsible from aging and some cancer types. Indolic compounds are a broad family of substances present in microorganisms, plants and animals. They are mainly related to tryptophan metabolism, and present particular properties that depend on their respective chemical structures. Due to free radical scavenger and antioxidant properties of indolic derivatives such as indolinic nitroxides and melatonin, a series of 2-phenyl indole derivatives were prepared and their in vitro effects on rat liver lipid peroxidation levels, superoxide formation and DPPH stable radical scavenging activities were determined against melatonin, BHT and α-tocopherol. The compounds significantly inhibited (72–98%) lipid peroxidation at 10^{? 3} M. These values were similar to that observed with BHT (88%). Possible structure–activity relationships of the compounds were discussed.