Antioxidant effect of naturally occurring xanthines on the oxidative damage of DNA bases

被引:11
作者
Vieira, AJSC
Telo, JP
Pereira, HF
Patrocínio, PF
Dias, RMB
机构
[1] Univ Tecn Lisboa, Seccao Quim Organ, Inst Super Tecn, P-1096 Lisbon, Portugal
[2] Inst Tecnol & Nucl, Dept Quim, P-2686 Sacavem, Portugal
关键词
antioxidants; DNA damage repair; oxidation potential; oxidised DNA bases; xanthines;
D O I
10.1051/jcp:1999118
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The repair of the oxidised radicals of adenine and guanosine by several naturally occurring xanthines was studied. Each pair of DNA purine/xanthine was made to react with the sulphate radical and the decrease of the concentration of both compounds was measured by HPLC as a function of irradiation time. The results show that xanthine efficiently prevents the oxidation of the two DNA purines, Theophyline and paraxanthine repair the oxidised radical of adenine but not the one from guanosine. Theobromine and caffeine do not show any protecting effect. An order of the oxidation potentials of all the purines studied is proposed.
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页码:116 / 123
页数:8
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