title: A comparative study of synthetic carnosine analogs as antioxidants.
abstract: 1. The antioxidative activity of carnosine and 16 related compounds, both synthetic and natural, was determined. 2. The antioxidative effect was estimated by the ability of the dipeptides to prevent MDA accumulation in the course of LPO induced in rabbit sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes by the Fe2+ ascorbate system. 3. It was found that the antioxidative effect comparable to that of carnosine was exerted by water-soluble (cyclo-L-histidyl-L-proline) and alcohol-soluble (cyclo-L-histidyl-L-phenilalanine) dipeptides as well as by the histidine-free cyclodipeptides (cyclo-L-tyrosyl-L-proline). 4. However, in contrast to its synthetic analogs, carnosine not only inhibited the LPO, but also diminished the level of products accumulated during membrane lipid peroxidation.
authors.affiliation: School of Biology, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, USSR.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Boldyrev
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dupin
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Batrukova
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Bavykina
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Korshunova
authors.lastname: Shvachkin YuP
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants; D002336:Carnosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011817:Rabbits; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D004151:Dipeptides; D002336:Carnosine