| Abstract: | Nonenzymatic reduction of methemoglobin (met-Hb) is effectively catalyzed by NADH and riboflavin (RF). At low concentrations of met-Hb the EPR spectra of the ternary complex are characterized by an increased, whereas those at high met-Hb concentrations--by a decreased intensity of the RF semiquinone signal, which suggests that the met Hb reduction by a Leu-form of RF proceeds at a higher rate than that by the RF semiquinone radical. Riboflavin also accelerates the met-Hb reduction by a NADH-Fe2+ or NADH-Fe(2+)-EDTA mixture. It was found that the rate of met-Hb reduction by the organic radical increases in the following order: NAD. < RF H. < RF H2. |
