title: The effect of (+) cyanidanol-3 on the Na+-K+-ATP-ase and Mg++-ATP-ase activities of the rat brain in the presence and absence of ascorbic acid.
abstract: The authors investigated the effects of (+) cyanidanol-3-(Catergen) in vitro on the activities of rat brain plasma membrane and microsomal Na+-K+-ATP-ase and Mg++-ATP-ase, in the presence and absence of ascorbic acid. Due to lipid peroxidation induced by low concentration of ascorbid acid, activity of both ATP-ase decreased. (+) cyanidanol-3 proved to be an effective antioxidant in this system. It inhibited the decrease of ATP-ase activity which occurred as a result of lipid peroxidation promoted by ascorbic acid.
authors.affiliation: Arteriosclerosis Research Group, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blázovics
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vereckei
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cornides
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fehér
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase / Q000378:metabolism*; D002392:Catechin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008861:Microsomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D002392:Catechin; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D001205:Ascorbic Acid