title: The effect of thymol and its derivatives on reactions generating reactive oxygen species.
abstract: The effects of thymol (TOH), thymoquinone (TQ) and dithymoquinone (TQ2) on the reactions generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as superoxide anion radical (O2*-), hydroxyl radical (HO*) and singlet oxygen (1O2) were tested using the chemiluminescence (CL) and spectrophotometry methods. All tested compounds acted as scavengers of various ROS. The rate constant of 1O2-dimols quenching by thymol was calculated.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Technical University of Szczecin, Poland. klich@arcadia.tuniv.szczecin.pl
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kruk
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Michalska
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lichszteld
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kładna
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Aboul-Enein
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016227:Benzoquinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005609:Free Radicals; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013943:Thymol / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D016227:Benzoquinones; D005609:Free Radicals; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; C113528:dithymoquinone; D013943:Thymol; C003466:thymoquinone