BACKGROUND Maytenus royleanus is traditionally used in gastro-intestinal disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the methanol extract of leaves and its derived fractions for various antioxidant assays and for its potential against lipid peroxidation and hemolytic activity. METHODS Various parameters including scavenging of free-radicals (DPPH, ABTS, hydroxyl and superoxide radical), ...

Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, known together as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), and celiac disease are the most common disorders affecting not only adults but also children. Both IBDs and celiac disease are associated with oxidative stress, which may play a significant role in their etiologies. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as superoxide radicals (O2•-), hydroxyl radicals (•O...

Superoxide radicals are one of the most toxic reactive oxygen species and its damaging effects lead to a variety of detrimental health conditions including cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative disorders and other types of age-related diseases. Following Nature example, chemists have designed manganese complexes that mimic the protecting action of the superoxide dismutases (SOD), metalloen...

Exposure of a superoxide dismutase-null (sodA sodB) strain of Escherichia coli to aerobic heat stress (45 to 48 degrees C) caused a profound loss of viability, whereas the same heat stress applied anaerobically had a negligible effect. A superoxide dismutase-competent parental strain was resistant to the lethal effect of the aerobic heating. It follows that aerobic heating imposes an oxidative ...

Interest in the role of free radicals in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) stems from the seminal work of McCord,' who noted the decreased viscosity of synovial fluid in RA patients and showed that a similar decrease could be produced by exposing synovial fluid, or solutions of hyaluronic acid, to a system generating superoxide radical, 02-. McCord's observations led to interest in the use of intraarti...

Preterm infants are vulnerable to the oxidative stress due to the production of large amounts of free radicals, antioxidant system insufficiency, and immature oligodendroglial cells. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a pivotal role in the development of periventricular leukomalacia. The three most common ROS are superoxide (O2(•-)), hydroxyl radical (OH(•)), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Under...

THE XANTHINE-OXIDASE (XO) system has been considered to be involved in warm ischemia-reperfusion injury of the small intestinal mucosa. 1 Briefly, during warm ischemia in the small intestine. xanthine dehydrogenase (XD) is converted to XO, which produces superoxide radicals in the presence of its" substrate (hypoxanthine and xanthine) and oxygen.2 Meanwhile, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is degr...

This contribution describes the trapping of the hydroperoxyl radical at a pH of 4 during turnover of wild-type oxalate decarboxylase and its T165V mutant using the spin-trap BMPO. Radicals were detected and identified by a combination of EPR and mass spectrometry. Superoxide, or its conjugate acid, the hydroperoxyl radical, is expected as an intermediate in the decarboxylation and oxidation rea...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to assess the influence that the shape of low frequency magnetic field may have on catalase and superoxide dismutase activity, malondialdehyde concentration and free radicals generation in human blood platelets. MATERIALS AND METHODS The suspension of human blood platelets was exposed for 15 min to 50 Hz magnetic field of different shape, and flux density o...