Novel hydroxyl radical scavenging antioxidant activity assay for water-soluble antioxidants using a modified CUPRAC method.
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as superoxide anion, hydroxyl ((*)OH), peroxyl, and alkoxyl radicals may attack biological macromolecules giving rise to oxidative stress-originated diseases. Since (*)OH is very short-lived, secondary products resulting from (*)OH attack to various probes are measured. Although the measurement of aromatic hydroxylation with HPLC/electrochemical detection is more specific than the low-yield TBARS test, it requires sophisticated instrumentation. As a more convenient and less costly alternative, we used p-aminobenzoate, 2,4- and 3,5-dimethoxybenzoate probes for detecting hydroxyl radicals generated from an equivalent mixture of Fe(II)+EDTA with hydrogen peroxide. The produced hydroxyl radicals attacked both the probe and the water-soluble antioxidants in 37 degrees C-incubated solutions for 2h. The CUPRAC (i.e., our original method for total antioxidant capacity assay) absorbance of the ethylacetate extract due to the reduction of Cu(II)-neocuproine reagent by the hydroxylated probe decreased in the presence of (*)OH scavengers, the difference being proportional to the scavenging ability of the tested compound. A rate constant for the reaction of the scavenger with hydroxyl radical can be deduced from the inhibition of color formation. The second-order rate constants of the scavengers were determined with competition kinetics by means of a linear plot of A(0)/A as a function of C(scavenger)/C(probe), where A(0) and A are the CUPRAC absorbances of the system in the absence and presence of scavenger, respectively, and C is the molar concentration of relevant species. The 2,4- and 3,5-dimethoxybenzoates were the best probes in terms of linearity and sensitivity. Iodide, metabisulfite, hexacyanoferrate(II), thiourea, formate, and dimethyl sulfoxide were shown by the modified CUPRAC assay to be more effective scavengers than mannitol, glucose, lysine, and simple alcohols, as in the TBARS assay. The developed method is less lengthy, more specific, and of a higher yield than the classical TBARS assay. The hydroxyl radical scavenging rate constants of ascorbic acid, formate, and hexacyanoferrate(II) that caused interference in other assays could be easily found with the proposed procedure.
Bektaşoğlu
Burcu
B
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Istanbul University, Avcilar, 34320 Istanbul, Turkey.
Esin Celik
Saliha
S
Ozyürek
Mustafa
M
Güçlü
Kubilay
K
Apak
Reşat
R
D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000737:chemistry; D005609:Free Radicals; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D007700:Kinetics; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances
D000975:Antioxidants; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D005609:Free Radicals; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D004492:Edetic Acid; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D001205:Ascorbic Acid