REACTIONS OF THE ALPHA-TOCOPHEROXYL RADICAL IN MICELLAR SOLUTIONS STUDIED BY NANOSECOND LASER FLASH-PHOTOLYSIS

被引:61
作者
BISBY, RH [1 ]
PARKER, AW [1 ]
机构
[1] SERC, RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, LASER SUPPORT FACIL, DIDCOT OX11 OQX, OXON, ENGLAND
来源
FEBS LETTERS | 1991年 / 290卷 / 1-2期
关键词
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; VITAMIN-E; RADICAL; ASCORBATE; FLASH PHOTOLYSIS; MICELLE;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(91)81260-F
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
Laser flash photolysis of alpha-tocopherol in methanol and in aqueous micellar solutions has been shown to produce the alpha-tocopheroxyl radical. The reaction between the alpha-tocopheroxyl radical and ascorbate in positively charged hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride (HTAC) micelles occurred with a second order rate constant of 7.2 x 10(7) M-1.S-1, whereas in negatively charged sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) micelles the rats constant was only 3.8 x 10(4) M-1.S-1. The alpha-tocopheroxyl radical was found to be relatively long-lived in HTAC micelles (t1/2 is-greater-than-or-equal-to 5 min), allowing the slow disappearance of the alpha-tocopheroxyl radical by reaction with glutathione to be observed.
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