A rapid spectrofluorimetric method for the determination of malondialdehyde in human plasma after its derivatization with thiobarbituric acid and vortex assisted liquid–liquid microextraction
Antiinflammatory properties of betulinic acid and xylopic acid in the carrageenan-induced pleurisy model of lung inflammation in mice
作者:Edmund Ekuadzi、Robert P. Biney、Charles K. Benneh、Bismark Osei Amankwaa、Jonathan Jato
DOI:10.1002/ptr.5993
日期:2018.3
This study investigated the antiinflammatory properties of betulinic acid (BA) and xylopic acid (XA) extracted from Margaritaria discoidea and Xylopia aethiopica, respectively. M. discoidea and X. aethiopica are plants native in Ghana and the West‐African region and used traditionally to treat different pathologies including inflammatory conditions. The antiinflammatory effect of BA and XA was established
本研究分别研究了从 Margaritaria discoidea 和 Xylopia aethiopica 中提取的桦木酸 (BA) 和木酸 (XA) 的抗炎特性。M. discoidea 和 X. aethiopica 是原产于加纳和西非地区的植物,传统上用于治疗不同的病理,包括炎症。BA 和 XA 的抗炎作用是通过使用角叉菜胶诱导的小鼠胸膜炎症模型的体内试验确定的。此外,还评估了 BA 和 XA 在反应性氧化测定中增加过氧化氢酶、超氧化物歧化酶、谷胱甘肽水平和降低脂质过氧化水平的能力。此外,量化了 XA 和 BA 防止潜在肺组织损伤的能力。用 BA 和 XA 预处理显着减少炎症迹象:角叉菜胶处理的肺组织中的中性粒细胞浸润、水肿和肺泡间隔增厚。此外,BA 或 XA 预处理降低了肺组织中脂质过氧化的程度,同时增加了体内过氧化氢酶、超氧化物歧化酶和谷胱甘肽的水平。相比之下,XA 在预防肺组织损伤方面比
A vegetable oil derived chemodosimeter for the selective detection of Hg2+ in aqueous media: a potential green laboratory method
作者:Swapnil Rohidas Jadhav、Kuthanapillil Jyothish、George John
DOI:10.1039/c002651d
日期:——
An in situ-generated byproduct from the naturally occurring autoxidation of vegetable oil has been utilized to develop a thione-containing chemodosimeter for the selective detection of aqueous mercuric ions (Hg2+) at nanomolar concentrations through a one-pot synthesis/detection technique.
Effect of organic co-solvents in the evaluation of the hydroxyl radical scavenging activity by the 2-deoxyribose degradation assay: The paradigmatic case of α-lipoic acid
作者:Andrea Brizzolari、Giuseppe M. Campisi、Enzo Santaniello、Nima Razzaghi-Asl、Luciano Saso、Mario C. Foti
DOI:10.1016/j.bpc.2016.10.005
日期:2017.1
The 2-deoxyribose degradation assay (2-DR assay) is an in vitro method broadly used for evaluating the scavenging activity against the hydroxyl radical (HO center dot). One of the major drawbacks of the assay, however, is that only water soluble compounds can be tested for their radical-scavenging activity. Lipoic acid (LA) is an excellent scavenger of HO center dot but it exhibits a low solubility in the aqueous milieu of the 2-DR assay and a high tendency to polymerize under a variety of conditions. We used LA as a paradigmatic substrate to evaluate the effect of several organic co-solvents in increasing its solubility. Most of these solvents, however, demonstrated to be potent scavengers of HO center dot making their use in the 2-DR assay improper. On the other hand, acetonitrile showed a remarkably low reactivity toward HO center dot (rate constant similar to 8.7 x 10(6) M-1 s(-1)) which allowed us to use it as a co-solvent in the preparation of stock solutions of LA similar to 5 mM. We therefore evaluated the radical-scavenging activity of LA by the 2-DR assay in a relatively large range of concentrations, 1-200 mu M. We found that the rate constant for LA + HO center dot is diffusion-controlled (similar to 1 x 10(10) M-1 s(-1) in water at 25 degrees C) and uninfluenced by the presence of small quantities of acetonitrile. Therefore, the use of acetonitrile in the 2-DR assay does not interfere with the test and may increase the solubility of the radical scavengers. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
A rapid spectrofluorimetric method for the determination of malondialdehyde in human plasma after its derivatization with thiobarbituric acid and vortex assisted liquid–liquid microextraction
A rapid spectrofluorimetric method for the determination of malondialdehyde in human plasma after its derivatization with thiobarbituric acid and vortex assisted liquid–liquid microextraction.