• Title of article

    Reactions of copper(II)-oligopeptide complexes with hydrogen peroxide: Effects of biological reductants

  • Author/Authors

    Jun-ichi Ueda، نويسنده , , Yoshie Shimazu، نويسنده , , Toshihiko Ozawa، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1995
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    929
  • To page
    933
  • Abstract
    Cu(II) complexes with oligopeptides containing histidyl residue in the second or third position could scarcely activate hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), but they could activate H2O2 to yield hydroxyl radical (·OH) in the presence of biological reductants such as cysteine and ascorbic acid. Further, DNA single strand breakage was also observed during the reactions of Cu(II)-glycylglycylhistidylglycine (GGHG) with H2O2 in the presence of same biological reductants.
  • Keywords
    Copper ion , Histidine , Oligopeptides , DNA strand breaks , glutathione , Cysteine , ascorbic acid , free radicals , OH radicals
  • Journal title
    Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • Serial Year
    1995
  • Journal title
    Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • Record number

    517111