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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-9
pubmed:abstractText
Free radicals were directly detected in vivo in the skin of hairless mice by low-frequency electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy after topical application of anthralin under pertinent therapeutic conditions. The electron paramagnetic resonance signal intensity increased steadily, reaching a maximum after about 1 d and decreased slowly in the following days, probably because of desquamation of the skin. We conclude from the spectroscopic features (single line with a line width of 6 gauss; g = 2.0036) and from the pharmacokinetic pattern that the observed signal arises from the final products of anthralin metabolism (ether-insoluble polymeric structures--"anthralin brown"). Two potential antioxidants, vitamin E and the spin trap tert-butylphenylnitrone, decreased the amount of the anthralin-derived radical that was formed. Neither vitamin E radicals nor tert-butylphenylnitrone spin adducts were observed. We suggest that electron paramagnetic resonance is a valuable tool for the noninvasive and direct in vivo monitoring of drug-induced radical formation in the skin under therapeutic conditions.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-202X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
104
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
514-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
In vivo detection of anthralin-derived free radicals in the skin of hairless mice by low-frequency electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't