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This work evaluated the levels of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) in the liver of rats exposed to different doses of HCB (25,50, and 100 mg/kg b.w. for 4 weeks) and correlated them with lipid peroxidation parameters. Levels of ALA were determined by high-pressure liquid chromatography after derivatization with acetylacetone and formaldehyde, followed by fluorescence detection. The methodology was carefully validated, nonetheless hepatic levels of ALA in all animals treated or not were below the detection limit of the method (2.27mg of ALA/g liver). On the other hand, lipid peroxidation, evaluated as thiobarbituric acid reactants production and chemiluminescence was found significantly increased in the livers of all treated rats, in comparison with control values (p

O objetivo do nosso trabalho foi desenvolver um método para avaliação da concentração do ±-tocoferol, considerado o antioxidante lipofílico de maior importância, e do 4-nerolidilcatecol (4-NC), uma substância natural com comprovada ação antioxidante in vitro e in vivo, em matriz biológica (homogeneizado de pele). Utilizamos a cromatografia de alta eficiência acoplada a um detector eletroquímico, sendo que o método apresentou linearidade para as concentrações de 0,025 µg/mL a 0,1 µg/mL para o ±-T (tempo de retenção 3, 4 min) e de 0,15 µg/mL a 2,5 µg/mL para o 4-NC (tempo de retenção 2,06 min), dissolvidos em etanol e etanol:água (1:1). A taxa de recuperação do ±-T adicionado nas concentrações de 0,5; 0,1 e 0,025 µg/mL aos homogeneizados de pele foi de 94,03; 111,2 e 80,7%, respectivamente. A taxa de recuperação de 4-NC adicionado nas concentrações de 2,5; 0,625 e 0,156 µg/mL foi de 103,7; 91,7 e 91,7%. Este método analítico foi e está sendo empregado, com sucesso devido à sua precisão e rapidez, em diversas análises do laboratório. Topical administration of antioxidants, such as ±-tocopherol (±-T), provides an efficient manner of enriching the endogenous cutaneous protection system, and it constitutes a successful strategy for diminishing the ultraviolet radiation-mediated oxidative damage. Besides ±-tocopherol the use of other natural occurring compounds with antioxidant activity has been proposed for the same purpose. The aim of this study was to develop a validated analytical method for the determination of a-tocopherol and 4-nerolidylcathecol (4-NC) concentrations in skin homogenates in a pharmaceutical formulations. We employed liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. Chromatography was performed on a Supelcosil LC-8, 3 mm, 75x4.6 mm column (Supelco, Bellefonte, PA, USA) with a mobile phase of methanol:water (9:1) for 4-NC and (95:5) for a-T, both containing 20 mM LiClO4 and 2 mM KCl. The flow rate was set at 1.0 ml/min. We established validation parameters including sensitivity, precision, accuracy, stability and found a linear relationship between the concentrations ranges of 0.025 µg/mL to 0.1 µg/mL of ±-T and 0.15 mg/mL to 2.5 mg/mL of 4-NC. The recovery of ±-T from skin homogenates was 94.03, 111.2 and 80.7% for the concentrations of 0.5, 0.1 and 0.025 µg/mL respectively. The recovery for the following concentrations of 4-NC: 2.5, 0.625 and 0.156 µg/mL was 103.7, 91.7 and 91.7%. This analytical procedure has been successfully employed in cutaneous permeation studies, antioxidant activity studies and determinations of 4-NC in Pothomorphe umbellata root extracts.