RATIONALE Sepsis produces significant mitochondrial and contractile dysfunction in the heart, but the role of superoxide-derived free radicals in the genesis of these abnormalities is not completely understood. OBJECTIVES The study was designed to test the hypothesis that superoxide scavenger administration prevents endotoxin-induced cardiac mitochondrial and contractile dysfunction. METHOD...

OBJECTIVE Previous studies have reported that the beta and alpha adrenoceptor blocker carvedilol has unique protective effects on free radical-induced myocardial injury. The aim of this study was to examine how carvedilol regulates reactive-oxygen-species-mediated signaling and decreases red blood cell membrane damage in heart perfusion and in a rheological model. METHODS The ischemia-reperfu...

During renal ischemia, ATP is degraded to hypoxanthine. When xanthine oxidase converts hypoxanthine to xanthine in the presence of molecular oxygen, superoxide radical (O-2) is generated. We studied the role of O-2 and its reduction product OH X in mediating renal injury after ischemia. Male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent right nephrectomy followed by 60 min of occlusion of the left renal artery...

The photodynamic action of riboflavin is generally considered to involve the generation of reactive oxygen species, whose production is enhanced when Cu(II) is present in the reaction. In the present study we report that photoactivated riboflavin causes K(+) loss from fresh human red blood cells (RBC) in a time dependent manner. Addition of Cu(II) further enhances the K(+) loss and also leads t...

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Reperfusion after reversible regional ischemia has been shown to result in delayed recovery of myocardial function, but the mechanism responsible for this phenomenon remains unknown. We explored the potential role of oxygen-free radicals as mediators of postischemic dysfunction in open-chest dogs undergoing a 15 min occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) followed by 2 h...

The electrophilic, free radical and reactive oxygen species scavenging and detoxification potentials of Lophiraalata stem bark was evaluated. L. alata stem bark effectively scavenged DPPH radical, superoxideion and hydrogen peroxide. It produced 88% scavenging effect of DPPH radical at a concentration of 1.0 mg/ml. Aqueous extract of L. alata-stem bark produced 76% and 92% scavenging effect on ...

Effect of free radicals on microvascular dimensions was studied in anesthetized cat intestinal mesentery. Generation of free radicals by xanthine oxidase, acting on endogenous substrates (e.g., xanthine, hypoxanthine), produced sustained vasodilation at pH 7.4 or at pH 6.6. These effects were reversed by superoxide dismutase (SOD), a superoxide radical (.O2-) scavenger, at pH 7.4, and by SOD pl...

The reaction of 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl free radical (DPPH) with active species of oxygen (hydrogen peroxide, tert-butyl peroxide, tert-butyl hydroperoxide, sodium peroxide, potassium superoxide, hydroxyl radical, tempo free radical, galvinoxyl free radical, Fremy’s salt, mchloroperbenzoic acid, potassium hydroxide, and sodium peroxynitrite) was reviewed and the new obtained results compa...

Background and objectives: Natural product compounds of plants have been used since ancient times and in folklore medicine for the treatment of many diseases and illnesses. Oxygen-centered free radicals and other reactive oxygen species, which are continuously, produced in vivo, result in cell death and tissue damage. Oxidative damage caused by free radicals may be rel...