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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
Silybin dihemisuccinate sodium salt, a flavonoid used in human therapy of liver dysfunction, has an inhibitory effect in vivo on radiation-induced deactivation of enzymes and peroxidation of membrane lipids in rat liver microsomes. The reactivity of silybin and its phenolic OH groups towards free radicals (OH, N3., (SCN)2.-, Cl3CO2.) in aqueous solution was studied by pulse radiolysis. Absorption spectra for the phenoxyl-type radicals were assigned using structurally similar models. The one-electron reduction potential for silybin at pH 7 (E07 = 0.76 V), determined using the p-methoxy-phenoxyl/phenolate redox couple as reference standard (E07 = 0.72 V, Lind et al. 1990), is related to the 3'-methoxy-4'-OH structure, the exclusive target for one-electron oxidation at pH 7, while the 7-OH and 5-OH groups are prevented from oxidation by 4-keto substitution and intramolecular H-bonding, respectively. The free radical reactivity of silybin compares favourably with poly-OH-substituted flavonoids; however, the latter compounds have been reported to generate potentially toxic oxygen species at a biologically relevant pH.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0955-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
603-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Substituent effects in the free radical reactions of silybin: radiation-induced oxidation of the flavonoid at neutral pH.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Isotopes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article