... As is the absorbance inthe presence ofthe sample and H2 O2 , A0 is the absorbance ofthe control inthe absence ofthe sample and H2 O2 , and A is the absorbance only inthe presence ofthe H2 ... cm−1 inthe IR spectrum (Fig 1) was due tothe hydroxyl stretching vibration ofthe polysaccharide and as expected they were broad The bands inthe region of 2923.62 cm−1 were due to C–H stretching ... anomeric proton signals at ı5.182, ı5.107, ı5.060 inthe H NMR (400 MHz) spectrum According tothe literature [24], the resonances inthe region of 98–106 ppm inthe 13 C NMR (200 MHz) spectrum of TMP-A...
... with a spectrophotometer An identical experiment was performed inthe absence ofthe compound to determine the amount of lipid peroxidation obtained inthe presence of inducing agents as a control ... (a) The presence ofthe methoxy group inthe seven member ring may enhance the stability ofthe nitrogen centred radical due tothe electron conjugation effect The absence of N– Evaluation ofIn ... hydrogen atoms, in compounds (a) and (d) may contribute tothe lipid peroxidation activity The presence ofthe methoxy group at the 10th position ofthe member ring addition tothe free N–H group in...
... investigated the antioxidant potential of TPBIA, since there are some reports concerning theroleof free radicals in TD [7] Therefore, it becomes interesting to design compounds that maintain antipsychotic ... antagonist inthe central nervous system The tosyl group in TPBIA, which plain was found to be perpendicular to that ofthe indole ring in its low energy conformation (Figure 4) [24] is important tothe ... blood-brain barrier [26], which could explain why other studies failed to confirm these results [6] Therefore we considered interesting to investigate the antioxidant potential ofthe synthesized...
... whether it is directly inhibiting the activity of iNOS enzyme or it is suppressing the synthesis of this enzyme To target this question, we explored the effect of tuberosin on iNOS protein in ... exposed to LPS Interestingly, our data show that tuberosin significantly inhibited the iNOS protein in western blot analysis The results suggested that tuberosin is inhibiting the expression of iNOS ... system They may activate the inflammatory cascade, resulting in initiation of various degenerative diseases and autoimmune disorders [15] Therefore, these antioxidants have variety of other biological...
... taken to minimize the loss of free radical activity ofthe DPPH radical stock solution.24 Percent inhibition ofthe DPPH radical by the samples was calculated according tothe formula of Yen ... was used to determine the antioxidant lipid activity of volatile compounds contained inthe essential oils ofthe spice plants The Rancimat worked on the following principle: A solution of different ... h Determination of Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP Assay) The total antioxidant potential of a sample was determined using the ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP) assay of Benzie...
... haemotoxylin staining The intact Langerhan Islets explain the increase in plasma and pancreatic insulin contents despite the administration of STZ Scale bars indicate 100µm 10 Figure 4.1 The ROS ... introduction of antioxidants into the diet Phenolic antioxidants inthe diet have been shown to be remarkably effective in delaying or preventing the onset of chronic inflammatory diseases (Finkel, 2000) ... islets of Langerhans of healthy dogs The research by Banting and Best progressed on tothe isolation of insulin from bovine pancreases at the University of Toronto in Canada This led tothe availability...
... activity in vivo in rats [91] Bergenin has been reported to protect against 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH)-induced hepatotoxicity and toxicity to red blood cells in rats The stem bark extract of ... plant belonging tothe family Myrtaceae It is used as a remedy for sore throat and other bacterial infections ofthe respiratory and urinary tracts Essential oils ofthe leaves are used inthe treatment ... that there is an inverse relationship between the dietary intake of antioxidant-rich foods and the incidence ofhuman disease [19] However, synthetic antioxidants, such as butylated hydroxytoluene...
... after incubation with primaquine is due to interaction of ROS with NPSH oxidizing them On the contrary, statins have ability to inhibit the production of ROS as well as maintains the antioxidants ... capacity of antioxidants enzymes to maintain and keep up the membrane integrity [34] The major alteration inthe shape of erythrocytes is the spherocytes formation inthe presence of primaquine These ... that in vitro exposure of RBCs to oxidants resulted in damaging of protein in addition to increase PCO formation [27] This may suggest that oxidant drugs increase free radicals production in red...
... mixture of fullerene oxide C60On.1 The dotted line indicates the value inthe absence The C60On, instead of C60O2 due tothe difficulty in availability, was used to investigate the effect ofthe number ... C60On The slope of each linear regression line corresponds tothe relative radical scavenging rate constant krrs relative to that of b-carotene The dotted horizontal line indicates the value inthe ... one ofthe common methods used inthe field of food chemistry for evaluating antioxidant activity The method is based on the discoloration ofthe yellowish color of a b-carotene solution due to the...
... of Nrf2 protein tothe nucleus, and the gene and protein Page 12 of 15 expression of Nrf2-activated antioxidants Although the focus ofthe present study was directed toward the Nrf2 system, the ... expression of proinflammatory cytokines [50] The results ofthe present study indicate that the mixture of natural oils was capable of reversing the nasal inflammatory response to ozone exposure in healthy ... shown to stimulate the influx of PMNs into the airway lumen as early as hr following exposure [47] suggesting very rapid initiation of pro-inflammatory signaling Inthe present study, the effectiveness...
... Figure The colored change of Anthocyanin among pH range The color of Anthocyanin solution changed through the pH range from to 14 as shown on the figure The rising of pH from an initial point ofto ... proportional tothe decrease of Anthocyanin concentration The reason of decreasing AA% was the decline of 14 Anthocyanin molecular through dilutions The result of antioxidant activity was shown in table ... applied as an indicator to identify the present of borax in food through the color change In total, this thesis aim to: study of extraction from Basella rubra L and verifying antioxidant activity,...
... 491-9 Huang S, Shao G, Liu L The PR domain ofthe Rb-binding zinc finger protein RIZ1 is a protein binding interface and is related tothe SET domain functioning in chromatin-mediated gene expression ... PR domain ofhuman retinoblastoma protein-binding zinc finger protein (RIZ1) Int J Mol Sci 2008; 9: 943-50 21 Chen L, Ling B, Alcorn J, Yang J Analysis ofthe expression ofhuman N-myristoyltransferase ... is involved inthe early tumorigenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma Histol Histopathol 2008; 23: 1171-5 Liu L, Shao G, Steele-Perkins G, Huang S The retinoblastoma interacting zinc finger gene...
... became dominant populations inthe autotrophic nitrifying biofilm after switching tothe synthetic nutrient medium Development of NH4+-oxidizing Bacterial Populations in Biofilms To visualize the population ... demonstrates the sequential oxidation of NH4+ and NO2- inthe oxic biofilm strata, that is, the active NH4+-oxidizing zone is located inthe outer part ofthe oxic biofilm, whereas the active NO2 oxidizing ... distributions ofin situ nitrifying activities were determined The relationship between the spatial organization of nitrifying bacterial populations and thein situ activity of these populations within the...
... efficiency of Ag2 However, mixing was not the limiting factor for the bactericidal action of Ag1 and pure TiO2 since increasing the stirring speed did not seem to enhance the bactericidal activity ofthe ... addition tothe effect of photocatalyst concentrations, the effect of stirring speed in bactericidal efficiency was investigated (Fig 4) It was found that increasing the stirring speed from 300 to ... condition of fixed UV intensity, adjustment of photocatalyst concentration is a critical step for maximizing the reaction efficiency but minimizing the shading effect Effect of stirring speed In addition...
... PFI1625c), or insulysin and pitrilysin [32], possibly involved inthe processing of apicoplast protein leader sequence Inhibition of any of these activities could contribute to MA interference inthe maturation ... h inthe presence of MA (100 lM) were used to obtain an extract of parasite proteins and Wright’s stained thin smears for monitorization ofthe infective stage (A) Western blot ofthe protein ... explained either by the direct inhibition of falcipain [38] or by the indirect effect on the functionality ofthe vacuole as a result ofthe accumulation of partially hydrolysed peptides, leading...
... Acquisition ofthe MGD cofactor by TorA inthe cell cytoplasm is an essential pre-requisite to translocation of this protein [10] The torD gene product is involved in cofactor loading into TorA [11–18], ... Tat proofreading chaperone, binding directly tothe TorA twin-arginine signal peptide [5,19,20] TorD belongs to a family of peptide-binding proteins specifically dedicated to molybdoprotein assembly ... Dimerisation ofthe Shewanella massilia TorD protein is driven by ‘domain-swapping’ in which the N-terminal domain of one protomer packs 512 onto the C-terminal domain of a second protomer (and...
... pathway The key event inthe mitochondrial pathway is the release of proapoptotic factors from the mitochondrial intermembrane space into the cytosol, resulting inthe downstream activation of a ... death receptor-mediated apoptosis in many cell systems [16,17] The BH3 domain-only proteins are a subfamily ofthe Bcl-2 family involved inthe initiation of apoptosis through the mitochondrial ... produced (Fig 1D, lane 2) Inthe presence of lactacystin, a significant increase inthe amount of tBid–GFP present inthe extract, both in control conditions and inthe presence of FLAG–Itch, was observed...
... observed with the use of lm recombinant human calpastatin domain (CSD1, calpain inhibitor protein), 0.5 lm ovocystatin (cysteine protease inhibitor protein), 20 lm MG-132 (proteasome inhibitor), 20 ... domains of calpain affect each other to maintain an interacting interface seems attractive However, at present, we have no clue as to whether MIM1 and MIM2 bind to only one MIT domain or bind to ... sites underlined) The amplified cDNA fragment was first inserted into the Zero Blunt TOPO PCR Cloning vector (Invitrogen), and the EcoRI fragment was then inserted into the EcoRI site of pCMV3xFLAG-B...
... for the low activity ofthe Y74W* mutant: (a) introduction ofthe bulkier residue at the interface in place of a tyrosine may destabilize the dimer, resulting in a shift inthe equilibrium towards ... only critical for the stability ofthe dimer, it may also be involved in maintaining the integrity ofthe active site These results clearly suggest that the dimer interface inthe Y74W* mutant ... hydrogen bond with the backbone CO of F102 Furthermore, the orientation ofthe side chain ofthe two residues brings the guanidinium plane and the aromatic ring of F102 into close proximity, with an...