Production of hydroxyl radical by redox active flavonoids
The authors have previously shown that flavonoids autoxidize and generate superoxide (O/sub 2//sup -/) and hydrogen peroxide (H/sub 2/O/sub 2/), suggesting that hydroxyl radical (OH) could be formed via the metal-ion catalyzed Haber-Weiss reaction. In the presence of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) and 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-1-oxide (DMPO), myricetin, quercetagetin and quercetin gave an ESR signal for the DMPO-OH spin adduct, and the DMPO-Eto adduct in the presence of excess ethanol, indicating the production of free OH. The addition of FeCl/sub 3/ to the reaction mixture resulted in a dramatic increase in the DMPO-OH signal. Without chelator (EDTA) there was no signal and the presence of diethylenetriamine-pentaacetic acid (DETAPAC) greatly diminished the signal. The presence of superoxide dismutase (SOD) had no effect on the signal while catalase completely abrogated the signal. The addition of Fe (III)-EDTA to flavonoid solutions under anaerobic conditions produced time dependent auxochromic shifts in their absorption spectra and resulted in the reduction of Fe (III) to Fe (II). These data suggest that the flavonoids autoxidize to produce O/sub 2//sup -/ and H/sub 2/O/sub 2/ by dismutation and in the presence of Fe (III)-EDTA the flavonoid can directly reduce the Fe (III) to Fe (II) resulting in the production of OH through Fenton chemistry.
- Research Organization:
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- OSTI ID:
- 7025542
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8606151-
- Journal Information:
- Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Journal Name: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) Vol. 45:6; ISSN FEPRA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
AMINO ACIDS
BIOCHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
BIOSYNTHESIS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHELATING AGENTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
EDTA
ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE
ELEMENTS
ENZYMES
FLAVENOIDS
IRON
KINETICS
MAGNETIC RESONANCE
METALS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDOREDUCTASES
RADICALS
REACTION KINETICS
REDOX POTENTIAL
REDOX REACTIONS
RESONANCE
SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE
SUPEROXIDE RADICALS
SYNTHESIS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS