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H Sassa1, Y Takaishi, H Terada.
Abstract
The inhibitory effect of the dienone-phenolic triterpene, celastrol, on lipid peroxidation in rat liver mitochondrial membranes induced by ADP and Fe2+ was studied. The anti-peroxidative effect of celastrol was very strong: its 50% inhibitory concentration was 7 microM, and it was about 15 times more effective than alpha-tocopherol. Celastrol scavenged 1.5 molar equivalents of radicals in homogeneous aqueous ethanolic solution, whereas cysteine and alpha-tocopherol scavenged one and two molar equivalents of radicals, respectively. The process of anti-peroxidation of celastrol was biphasic, possibly due to stepwise inhibitions of peroxidation in the outer and inner mitochondrial membranes.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2241977 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(90)90759-g
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575