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FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
卷 47, 期 8, 页码 2037-2043出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.05.020
关键词
Thymol; Carvacrol; gamma-Terpinene; Comet assay; Reactive oxygen species; Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity
资金
- Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
- Deutsche Forschungs-gemeinschaft (DFG)
The leafy parts of thyme and its essential oil have been used in foods for the flavour, aroma and preservation and also in folk medicines. In the present study the genotoxicity of thymol and carvacrol was examined using comet assay. In V79 Chinese hamster lung fibroblast cells treated with 1, 5, 25 mu M thymol and carvacrol, only 25 mu M thymol caused some clastogenic DNA damage. For detection of oxidative DNA damage, the comet assay with formamido pyrimidine glycosylase (Fpg) protein was used: When V79 cells were treated with 1, 5, 25 mu M thymol and carvacrol and post-treated with Fpg enzyme, no significant increase of Fpg-sensitive sites was observed at all concentrations studied. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation decreased slightly in the presence of thymol (1-100 mu M) and carvacrol (5 mu M) between I and 4 h, yet increased at the highest 100 mu M concentration of carvacrol after 24 h. Thymol and carvacrol displayed a concentration dependent antioxidant capacity, whilst gamma-terpinene which lacks a phenolic group did not show any antioxidant capacity in the trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) assay. The results of this study indicate a lack of clastogenic activity for thymol and carvacrol at biologically relevant concentrations, and a moderate antioxidant activity in vitro. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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