title: Fluorescence properties of selected benzo[c]phenantridine alkaloids and studies of their interaction with CT DNA.
abstract: The spectral, especially fluorescence properties, of seven selected quaternary benzo[c]phenantridine alkaloids (sanguinarine, chelerythrine, chelirubine, sanguirubine, chelilutine, sanguilutine, and macarpine) were studied in presence and in absence of double-stranded DNA. This study has proved dramatic differences in fluorescence emission of all studied alkaloids in presence of calf thymus DNA in comparison to fluorescence of free alkaloids. The most remarkable are changes in emission spectra of macarpine, chelirubine, and sanguirubine. Association constants (logK) for interaction of all studied alkaloids with CT DNA were calculated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlárská 2, 61137, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Urbanová
authors.forename: Premysl
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lubal
authors.forename: Iva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Slaninová
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Táborská
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Táborský
mesh_terms: D053119:Benzophenanthridines / Q000737:chemistry*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D005453:Fluorescence; D011789:Quantum Theory; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D053119:Benzophenanthridines; D004247:DNA; C427203:calf thymus DNA