Carotenoids as scavengers of free radicals in a Fenton reaction: Antioxidants or pro-oxidants?

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 398-404

  Polyakov, Nikolai E ^a   Leshina, Tatyana V ^a   Konovalova, Tatyana A ^b   Kispert, Lowell D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL KINETICS AND COMBUSTION   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Carotenoids; Fenton reaction; Free radicals; Pro oxidant activity; Spin trapping

Indexed keywords

5,5 DIMETHYL 1 PYRROLINE 1 OXIDE; 8' APOBETACAROTEN 8' AL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; CAROTENOID DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYL 8' APOBETACAROTEN 8' OATE; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL GROUP; METHANOL; N TERT BUTYL ALPHA PHENYLNITRONE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; OXIDIZING AGENT; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIN TRAPPING;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOIDS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; KINETICS; METHANOL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDANTS; SOLVENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0035426002     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(01)00598-6     Document Type: Article

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