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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-2-24
pubmed:abstractText
Captopril and mesna are molecules with a free thiol group, used as active ingredients due to their hypotensor and mucolytic properties, respectively. These compounds cross the hematoencephalic barrier and, due to the reactivity of their thiol group, can form adducts with the o-quinones formed during the oxidation of mono- and o-diphenols. Polyphenol oxidase from plants and fungi can be used as a tool for generating o-quinones in their action on o-diphenols and facilitate the formation of adducts in the presence of captopril or mesna. The spectrophotometric characterization of these adducts is useful from several points of view. Here, using the end-point method, which involves the exhaustion of oxygen in the medium, we determined the molar absorptivity of the adducts of different o-diphenols with captopril and mesna. Besides the analytical interest of this approach, we also use it to make a kinetic characterization of polyphenol oxidase as it acts on o-diphenolic substrates that produce unstable o-quinones.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1520-5118
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1143-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Determination and applications of the molar absorptivity of phenolic adducts with captopril and mesna.
pubmed:affiliation
GENZ, Grupo de Investigación de Enzimología, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular-A, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, A. Correos 4021, E-30080 Murcia, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't