title: 3-O-alkylascorbic acids as free radical quenchers. II. Inhibitory effects on some lipid peroxidation models.
abstract: We previously found that 3-O-dodecylcarbomethylascorbic acid (3-RASA,3,HX-0112) exhibited a potent inhibitory effect on biochemical lipid peroxidation and that 3-RASA (3) alleviated myocardial lesions induced by ischemia-reperfusion treatment in rats. In this study we examined the mode of action of 3-RASA (3) on the inhibition of lipid peroxidation. There was no reducing activity by 3-RASA (3) (i.e., no oxide was produced) against ferric ions and superoxide anion radicals. The low reducing activity of 3-RASA (3) against a radical as compared to that of alpha-tocopherol was obtained by using a stable radical. However, 3-RASA (3) had a potent inhibitory effect, almost equal to that of alpha-tocopherol, in the model of lipid peroxidation dependent on enzymatic superoxide generation. 3-RASA (3) very strongly inhibited the chain-reaction of the peroxidation induced by Fe(2+)-linoleic acid hydroxyperoxide. On the basis of these findings, it appears that the anti-lipid-peroxidative effects of 3-RASA (3) are due to the inhibition of the radical chain-reaction, as a chain-breaking antioxidant.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nihro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sogawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sudo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Satoh
mesh_terms: D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005609:Free Radicals; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D008041:Linoleic Acids; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D001205:Ascorbic Acid