title: Phenol derivatives as enhancers and inhibitors of luminol-H2O2-horseradish peroxidase chemiluminescence.
abstract: Systematic studies on phenol derivatives facilitates an explanation of the enhancement or inhibition of the luminol-H2O2-horseradish peroxidase system chemiluminescence. Factors that govern the enhancement are the one-electron reduction potentials of the phenoxy radicals (PhO./PhOH) vs. luminol radicals (L./LH-) and the reaction rates of the phenol derivatives with the compounds of horseradish peroxidase (HRP-I and HRP-II). Only compounds with radicals with a similar or greater reduction potential than luminol at pH 8.5 (0.8V) can act as enhancers. Radicals with reduction potentials lower than luminol behave in a different way, because they destroy luminol radicals and inhibit chemiluminescence. The relations between the reduction potential, reaction rates and the Hammett constant of the substituent in a phenol suggest that 4-substituted phenols with Hammett constants (sigma) for their substituents similar or greater than 0.20 are enhancers of the luminol-H2O2-horseradish peroxidase chemiluminescence. In contrast, those phenols substituted in position 4 for substituents with Hammett constants (sigma) lower than 0.20 are inhibitors of chemiluminescence. On the basis of these studies, the structure of possible new enhancers was predicted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Málaga, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Navas Díaz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: García Sánchez
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: González Garcia
mesh_terms: D005609:Free Radicals / Q000737:chemistry; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase / Q000737:chemistry*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008165:Luminol / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D010636:Phenols; D008165:Luminol; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase