OBJECTIVE To examine simultaneously the levels of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) and superoxide (O(2)(-*)) using chemiluminescence and flow cytometry. DESIGN Prospective laboratory study. SETTING Reproductive research lab in a tertiary hospital. PATIENT(S) Semen samples from 18 healthy male volunteers. INTERVENTION(S) Sperm preparation and measurement of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by c...

The goal of this study was to examine the role of endogenous copper/zinc (CuZn)-superoxide dismutase (SOD) on superoxide levels and on responses of cerebral blood vessels to stimuli that are mediated by nitric oxide (acetylcholine) and cyclooxygenase-dependent mechanisms (bradykinin and arachidonic acid). Levels of superoxide in the rabbit basilar artery were measured using lucigenin-enhanced c...

Our main objective was to determine whether reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as superoxide (O(2)(-)) and hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), contribute to altered pulmonary vascular responses in piglets with chronic hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. Piglets were raised in either room air (control) or hypoxia for 3 days. The effect of the cell-permeable superoxide dismutase mimetic (SOD; M404...

Lignocaine concentrations were measured in the aspirate from a low volume (100 ml) bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in twenty patients who had received topical 4% lignocaine as required, and compared to those found in the aspirate from a 180 ml BAL in ten patients who had received 1.5% isotonic lignocaine. The median BAL supernatant lignocaine concentration was significantly lower at 0.14 mM (range...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cerebral vascular injury occurs in response to hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R). However, the cellular signaling pathways that regulate this event remain unclear. The present study was designed to determine whether reactive oxygen species (ROS) mediate endothelial dysfunction after H/R in cerebral resistance arteries and, if so, the relative contribution of ROS, NADPH oxidase,...

In this study, we investigate the potential of Moricandia arvensis methanol leaf extract (MeOHL) on calpain activity, melanin biosynthesis and DNA mutagenicity. Cytotoxic effect and measurement of reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced by lucigenin in colorectal cells (BE) were also determined. In addition the chemical analysis of the extract was also studied and the chemical profile illustrates...