The main components of St John's Wort inhibit low-density lipoprotein atherogenic modification: a beneficial "side effect" of an OTC antidepressant drug?

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of mortality that has been associated with inflammation and oxidative stress. The purpose of the present case-control study was to determine the relationships between oxidative stress-related genetic variants and the risk and severity of COPD, as well as, t...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Ben Anes A,Ben Nasr H,Garrouche A,Bchir S,Dhaouefi Z,Chabchoub E,Tabka Z,Chahed K

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of certain antioxidants namely reduced glutathione (GSH), ascorbic acid (Vit C), alpha-tocopherol (Vit E) and antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and glutathione reductase (GR) were compared in monkey and rat brain microvessels which constitute the blood...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Shukla A,Dikshit M,Srimal RC

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of non-illuminated nephrotoxin orellanine ([2,2'-bipyridine]-3,3',4,4'-tetrol-1,1'-dioxide) to induce DNA damage in the presence of ferrous iron and dioxygen has been evaluated. Maximal single-strand breaks in plasmid DNA were obtained with a metal to ligand ratio 1:3. Instantaneous oxidation of Fe2+ in p...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Cantin-Esnault D,Oubrahim H,Richard JM

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro toxicity of the reactive oxygen species generating enzyme xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) to human peripheral blood lymphocytes was studied after stimulation with phytohaemoagglutinin or anti-CD3/CD28 antibodies. Apoptosis and necrosis were induced by the XOR/hypoxanthine system in a time- and concentration...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Battelli MG,Musiani S,Tazzari PL,Stirpe F

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Standards Committee on Oxidative DNA Damage (ESCODD) was set up in 1997 to resolve methodological problems and to reach agreement on the basal level of 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) in biological samples. In the present ESCODD trial 6 samples of 8-oxodG-containing oligonucleotides with different ratio...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Riis B

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-phycocyanins, major biliproteins of blue green algae (cyanobacteria), widely used as colourants in food and cosmetics are known for their antioxidant as well as therapeutic potential. Recent claims indicating phycobiliproteins exert stronger photodynamic action on tumor cells than clinically approved hematoporphyrin...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Paul BT,Patel A,Selvam GS,Mishra S,Ghosh PK,Murugesan R

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diosgenin possesses anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties. Activated neutrophils produce high concentrations of the superoxide anion which is involved in the pathophysiology of inflammation-related diseases and cancer. In the present study, the inhibitory effect and possible mechanisms of diosgenin on superoxide...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Lin Y,Jia R,Liu Y,Gao Y,Zeng X,Kou J,Yu B

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal injury is inevitable during exposure to high radiation doses and is a common side effect observed during abdominal/pelvic radiotherapy. Yet, no radiation countermeasures are available for gastrointestine (GI) injury management. The aim of this study is to determine the effects of podophyllotoxin and rutin i...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Dutta A,Gupta ML,Verma S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that reperfusion damage of ischemic myocardium may be attributed to alterations in the antioxidant defense system against free radical aggression. In addition, the degree of myocardial damage may depend on the duration and severity of ischemia that precedes reperfusion. We carried out serial ischemic ...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Porreca E,Del Boccio G,Lapenna D,Di Febbo C,Pennelli A,Cipollone F,Di Ilio C,Cuccurullo F

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widely used anti-cancer drug cisplatin imparts various toxic manifestations in the host, with nephrotoxicity being the most severe one. The trace element selenium shows antioxidant activity in both human and animals. The present study was designed to assess the chemoprotecting and chemoenhancing efficacy of a naph...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Ghosh P,Singha Roy S,Basu A,Bhattacharjee A,Bhattacharya S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:7,8-Dihydroneopterin protects cells intracellularly from oxidative stress-induced death, but its mode of transport across the cell membrane is unknown. Nucleosides, such as guanosine, are transported via nucleoside transporters of the equilibrative and concentrative forms. Therefore, the objective of this study was to...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Janmale TV,Lindsay A,Gieseg SP

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several substances related to the neurodegenerative diseases of Alzheimer and Parkinson, such as hydrogen peroxide, tumor necrosis factor alpha, dopamine and beta-amyloid peptide 1-42, have been shown to induce apoptosis in tumoral cell lines and rat neurons but not in human neurons. Moreover, the role of mitochondria...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Medina S,Martínez M,Hernanz A

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The imbalance between the reactive oxygen (ROS) and nitrogen (RNS) species production and their handling by the antioxidant machinery (low molecular weight antioxidant molecules and antioxidant enzymes), also known as oxidative stress, is a condition caused by physiological and pathological processes. Moreover, oxidat...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Gorini G,Gamberi T,Fiaschi T,Mannelli M,Modesti A,Magherini F

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxynitrous acid synthesized by reaction of hydrogen peroxide and nitrite and generated from 3-morpholinosydononimine (SIN-1) induced cellular DNA breaking of human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells in phosphate buffer (pH 7.5) as assessed by alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis (comet) assay and quantification...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Hiramoto K,Tomiyama S,Kikugawa K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the primary biological function of retinal photoreceptors is to absorb light and provide visual information, extensive exposure to intense light could increase the risk of phototoxic reactions mediated by products of rhodopsin bleaching that might accumulate in photoreceptor outer segments (POS). The phototox...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Olchawa M,Krzysztynska-Kuleta O,Duda M,Pawlak A,Pabisz P,Czuba-Pelech B,Sarna T

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione plays a central role in the maintenance of cellular antioxidant defense. The alterations in the glutathione and associated recyclic enzymes caused by both exercise training and ethanol are well documented; however, their interactive effects with age are not well understood. Therefore, the influence of agei...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Kakarla P,Kesireddy S,Christiaan L

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystine, an oxidized form of cysteine (Cys), is imported into cells via the protein xCT, which is also associated with the export of glutamate as the counter amino acid. In the current study, we attempted to rationalize roles of xCT in the livers of male mice. While xCT was not expressed in the livers of ordinary mice...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Kang ES,Lee J,Homma T,Kurahashi T,Kobayashi S,Nabeshima A,Yamada S,Seo HG,Miyata S,Sato H,Fujii J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal tract, known for its capability for self-renew, represents the first barrier of defence between the organism and its luminal environment. The thiol/disulfide redox systems comprising the glutathione/glutathione disulfide (GSH/GSSG), cysteine/cystine (Cys/CySS) and reduced and oxidized thioredoxin (Trx/T...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Circu ML,Aw TY

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to elucidate the oxidative damage in rat brain caused by oxidative stress, regional changes in the levels of lipid peroxidation products and antioxidative defense systems in cerebral cortex and hippocampus, and in their synapses, which modulate learning and memory functions in the brain, were studied. When ra...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Onodera K,Omoi NO,Fukui K,Hayasaka T,Shinkai T,Suzuki S,Abe K,Urano S

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration of taurine is high in the lens. However, its function therein remains unknown. Studies from other tissues suggest that in addition to several other modes of action, it acts as an antioxidant. We therefore hypothesize that taurine may be a part of the antioxidant defense mechanisms involved in protect...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Devamanoharan PS,Ali AH,Varma SD

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress may initiate lipid peroxidation that generates ethane. Ethane, at low concentrations, is eliminated by pulmonary exhalation. Previous methods have not allowed frequent sampling, thus ethane kinetics has not been studied in man. A validated method over the range 3.8-100,000 ppb with a limit of quantita...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Dale O,Bergum H,Lund T,Nilsen T,Aadahl P,Stenseth R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyanidin-3-O-beta-glucopyranoside (C-3-G) antioxidant capacity towards reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated damages was assessed in tissue and cells submitted to increased oxidative stress. In the isolated ischemic and reperfused rat heart, 10 or 30 degreesM C-3-G protected from both lipid peroxidation (66.7 and...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Amorini AM,Lazzarino G,Galvano F,Fazzina G,Tavazzi B,Galvano G

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose at pathophysiological concentrations was able to accelerate copper-induced oxidation of isolated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and whole serum. The efficiency of glucose was favored under the following circumstances: (a) when LDL oxidation was induced by low copper concentration, (b) when LDL was partly oxidiz...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Leoni V,Albertini R,Passi A,Abuja PM,Borroni P,D'Eril GM,De Luca G

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of oxidative stress in clinical cardiology is still controversial. The aims of the present study were to examine if minor ischaemic episodes as may occur during elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) induce oxidative stress and, eventually, if oxygen stress correlates with myocardial injury. Thirty...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Berg K,Wiseth R,Bjerve K,Brurok H,Gunnes S,Skarra S,Jynge P,Basu S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress has been consistently linked to ageing-related neurodegenerative diseases. Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by progressive dysfunction and death of neurons. Oxidative stress is associated with dysfunction of the mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum, inducing apoptosis and protein misfold...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Ghosh N,Ghosh R,Mandal SC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine is an endogenous cardioprotective substance. The present study examines whether exogenous adenosine attenuates cardiac injury induced by oxidative stress. Rat hearts (Langendorff model) were perfused with H2O2 (180 microM) for 10 min, then recovered for 60 min (n = 10). In other groups adenosine 55 microM, 1...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Valen G,Vaage J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various lines of evidence indicate that an important part in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is the modification of the plasma low-density lipoproteins (LDLs). A large number of pro-inflammatory and pro-atherogenic properties have been ascribed to the oxidatively modified LDLs and their components. There is consid...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Uchida K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of paraquat generates oxygen radicals. Paraquat has thus been suggested as a model compound to induce oxidative damage to DNA, lipids and proteins in different cells and tissues, although experimental data are inconsistent. In order to explore the possibilities for an animal model of oxidative DNA damag...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Sørensen M,Loft S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an altered membrane band 3 protein-mediated anion transport in erythrocytes exposed to peroxynitrite, and relate the loss of anion transport to cell damage and to band 3 oxidative modifications. We found that peroxynitrite down-regulate anion transport in a dose dependent relation (100-300 micromoles/l). H...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Celedón G,González G,Pino J,Lissi EA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of fluvastatin, a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor, on reactive oxygen species (ROS) and on oxidative DNA damage in vitro, as well as the effects of the main fluvastatin metabolites (M2, M3, and M4) and other inhibitors of the same enzyme, pravastatin and simvastati...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Imaeda A,Tanigawa T,Aoki T,Kondo Y,Nakamura N,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00