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ANALYST
Volume 126, Issue 6, Pages 928-932Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b100085n
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The investigation of Fe(ii)-EDTA chelate-induced aromatic hydroxylation of terephthalate in pH 7.4 phosphate buffer solution and a new method for the evaluation of hydroxyl radical-scavenging ability are reported. The method is based on attack of the hydroxyl radical on the terephthalate to produce highly fluorescent 2-hydroxyterephthalate, which is detected fluorimetrically. The formation of hydroxyl radical is believed to be the result of the reduction of molecular oxygen by Fe(ii)-EDTA to form superoxide radical, which in turn dismutates to hydrogen peroxide, and then Fe(ii)-EDTA catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to produce hydroxyl radical. The mechanism of the generation of hydroxyl radical in the proposed system was confirmed. This study established a simple and inexpensive method for the evaluation of the scavenging ability of some compounds on hydroxyl radicals.
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