Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 28, Issue 6, Pages 860-870Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(00)00178-7
Keywords
free radical; low-molecular weight antioxidant; cyclic voltammetry; ascorbate; dehydroascorbate; plant antioxidants; diabetes; total body irradiation; total antioxidant capacity
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Low-molecular weight antioxidants (LMWAs) play a major role in protecting biological systems against reactive oxygen-derived species and reflect the antioxidant capacity of the system. Cyclic voltammetry (CV), shown to be convenient methodology, has been validated for quantitation of the LMWA capacity of blood plasma, tissue homogenates, and plant extracts. Analysis of the CV tracing yields the values of (i) the biological oxidation potential, E and E-1/2, which relate to the nature of the specific molecule(s); (ii) the intensity (Ia) of the anodic current; and (iii) the area of the anodic wave (S). Both Ia and S relate to the concentration of the molecule(s). LMWA components of human plasma and animal tissues were identified and further validated by reconstruction of the CV tracing and by high-performance liquid chromatography-elecrochemical detection. To reflect the oxidative stress status, the use of an additional parameter, R, has been proposed. R represents the level (%) of oxidized ascorbate (compared with total ascorbate) and is measured by high-performance liquid chromatography-electrochemical detection. All these parameters were monitored in healthy human subjects as well as in chronic (diabetes mellitus) and acute care patients (subjected to total body irradiation before bone marrow transplantation). The electroanalytical methodologies presented here could be widely employed for rapid evaluation of the status of subjects (in health and disease) for monitoring of their response to treatment and/or nutritional supplementation as well as for screening of specific populations. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc.
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