1. Evaluation of in vitro antioxidant effect of new mono and diselenides.
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Stefanello ST, Prestes AS, Ogunmoyole T, Salman SM, Schwab RS, Brender CR, Dornelles L, Rocha JB, and Soares FA
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- Animals, Brain metabolism, Glutathione Peroxidase metabolism, Lipid Peroxidation drug effects, Liver metabolism, Male, NADP metabolism, Oxidation-Reduction, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances metabolism, Thioredoxin Reductase 1 metabolism, Antioxidants pharmacology, Brain drug effects, Liver drug effects, Organoselenium Compounds pharmacology
- Abstract
This study was designed to examine the antioxidant activity in vitro of novel mono- and diselenide compounds. We compared whether the formation of p-methyl-selenol from compounds 1-phenyl-3-(p-tolylselanyl)propan-2-amine (C1) and 1,2-dip-tolyldiselenide (C4) and o-methoxy-selenol from compounds 1-(2-methoxyphenylselanyl)-3-phenylpropan-2-amine (C2) and 1,2-bis(2-methoxyphenyl)diselenide (C3) may be involved in their antioxidant effects. The compounds were tested against Fe(II) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP)-induced lipid peroxidation in rat brain and liver homogenates. Likewise, the antioxidant capacity of the compounds was assessed by their ability to decolorize the DPPH radical as well as the Fe(II) chelating assay through the reduction of molybdenum(VI) (Mo6+) to molybdenum(V) (Mo5+). This colorimetric assay was also used to quantify thiol peroxidase (GPx) and oxidase activity and thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) activity. The results showed that the novel selenide compounds inhibit the thiobarbituric acid reactive species (TBARS) induced by different pro-oxidants, but the monoselenides effects were significant only at concentrations higher than the concentrations of the diselenides. Similarly, the total antioxidant activity was higher in the diselenides. Moreover, GPx and TrxR activity was only observed for the diselenides, which indicates that these compounds are more stable selenol molecules than monoselenides., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2013
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