scholarly journals Hippophae rhamnoidesL. Fruits Reduce the Oxidative Stress in Human Blood Platelets and Plasma

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beata Olas ◽  
Bogdan Kontek ◽  
Paulina Malinowska ◽  
Jerzy Żuchowski ◽  
Anna Stochmal

Effects of the phenolic fraction fromHippophae rhamnoidesfruits on the production of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS, a marker of lipid peroxidation) and the generation of superoxide anion (O2-∙) in human blood platelets (resting platelets and platelets stimulated by a strong physiological agonist, thrombin) were studiedin vitro. We also examined antioxidant properties of this fraction against human plasma lipid peroxidation and protein carbonylation induced by a strong biological oxidant, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) or H2O2/Fe (a donor of hydroxyl radicals). The tested fraction ofH. rhamnoides(0.5– 50 µg/mL; the incubation time: 15 and 60 min) inhibited lipid peroxidation induced by H2O2or H2O2/Fe. TheH. rhamnoidesphenolic fraction inhibited not only plasma lipid peroxidation, but also plasma protein carbonylation stimulated by H2O2or H2O2/Fe. Moreover, the level ofO2-∙in platelets significantly decreased. In comparative experiments, theH. rhamnoidesfraction was a more effective antioxidant than aronia extract or grape seed extract (at the highest tested concentration, 50 µg/mL). The obtained results suggest thatH. rhamnoidesfruits may be a new, promising source of natural compounds with antioxidant and antiplatelet activity beneficial not only for healthy people, but also for those with oxidative stress-associated diseases.

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 401
Author(s):  
Patricia Wolkmer ◽  
Andressa M. G. Stumm ◽  
Luiz F. K. Borges ◽  
Eduarda P. T. Ferreira ◽  
Bruna Favaretto ◽  
...  

This experiment aims to evaluate the correlation between lipid peroxidation levels in serum and seminal plasma in equines. Also, it investigates the lipid peroxidation in extended semen samples and its effects and sperm motility during a 72 hr refrigeration period. Blood and semen were collected from fertile Crioulo stallions. Serum and seminal plasma lipid peroxidation levels were analyzed by thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) immediately after semen collection. After addition of extender (hour = 0), diluted semen was refrigerated and stored at 5 °C. Semen analyses, TBARS and catalase activity were performed in extended semen at 0, 24, 48, and 72 hours. We noted that levels of plasma lipid peroxidation can be used as an indicative of seminal oxidative stress. Also, lipid peroxidation does not increase substantially during semen storage. Lipid peroxidation and the antioxidant enzyme catalase do not seem to be the major cause of loss and motility and consequently reduction in fertility in stallion semen during storage for 72 h at 5 °C.


1997 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 599-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.J.C. Neiva ◽  
D.M. Fries ◽  
H.P. Monteiro ◽  
E.A. D'Amico ◽  
D.A.F. Chamone

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Dietrich-Muszalska ◽  
Justyna Kopka ◽  
Bogdan Kontek

Background. Oxidative stress in schizophrenia may be caused partially by the treatment of patients with antipsychotics. The aim of the study was to establish the effects of polyphenol compounds derived from berries ofAronia melanocarpa(Aronox) on the plasma lipid peroxidation induced by ziprasidonein vitro.Methods. Lipid peroxidation was measured by the level of thiobarbituric acid reactive species (TBARS). The samples of plasma from healthy subjects were incubated with ziprasidone (40 ng/ml; 139 ng/ml; and 250 ng/ml) alone and with Aronox (5 ug/ml; 50 ug/ml).Results. We observed a statistically significant increase of TBARS level after incubation of plasma with ziprasidone (40 ng/ml; 139 ng/ml; and 250 ng/ml) (after 24 h incubation:P=7.0× 10−4,P=1.6× 10−3, andP=2.7× 10−3, resp.) and Aronox lipid peroxidation caused by ziprasidone was significantly reduced. After 24-hour incubation of plasma with ziprasidone (40 ng/ml; 139 ng/ml; and 250 ng/ml) in the presence of 50 ug/ml Aronox, the level of TBARS was significantly decreased:P=6.5× 10−8,P=7.0× 10−6, andP=3.0× 10−5, respectively.Conclusion. Aronox causes a distinct reduction of lipid peroxidation induced by ziprasidone.


1972 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 121-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Massini ◽  
E. F Lüscher

SummaryHuman blood platelets are aggregated by the basic polymers polylysine and DEAE- dextran. Under certain conditions a second phase of aggregation, concomitant with the release reaction, is elicited. The presence of ADP, calcium ions and a plasmatic cofactor within the primary aggregates are necessary for the induction of the release reaction. These experiments demonstrate that cell contact per se does not lead to a release reaction ; in order to become effective it must take place in the presence of ADP.


1968 ◽  
Vol 20 (03/04) ◽  
pp. 301-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Schneider ◽  
K Schumacher ◽  
B Thiede ◽  
R Gross

SummaryThe LDH-isoenzymes of human blood platelets show a distinct predominance of the isoenzymes 2 and 3 upon chromatography on DEAE-cellulose. Small amounts of LDH-1 are also present, while only traces of LDH-4 and -5 can be detected.Enzyme kinetic investigations of the principal isoenzymes LDH-1, -2 and -3 clearly show that the differences in inhibition constants with pyruvate as substrate which are demonstrable at 25° largely disappear at 37°. On the other hand, the differences among the isoenzymes in their affinity for pyruvate and lactate as substrate as well as in with respect to the optimal substrate concentrations of pyruvate are more marked at 37° than at 25°. Also, the type of inhibition found with lactate as substrate is increasingly the expression of a higher order reaction in going from LDH-1 to LDH-3. A dependence of the LDH distribution pattern upon the metabolism of the cell is discussed. A comparison of our results with thrombocytes with those of other workers with erythrocytes and leucocytes makes it unlikely that the LDH pattern is directly dependent upon the existence of an oxidative metabolism. Rather, the redox potential of the cell could be of importance for the nature of the pattern of isoenzymes and for their differing kinetic properties.


1986 ◽  
Vol 56 (03) ◽  
pp. 260-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabella Roos ◽  
Fabrizia Ferracin ◽  
Alfred Pletscher

SummaryArginine-vasopressin (AVP) in the presence of Mg2+ but not in the absence of bivalent cations led to accumulation of [32P]-phosphatidic acid ([32P]-PA) in human blood platelets. Mg2+ also enhanced the specific binding of [3H]-AVP to intact platelets. The concentrations of the cation which enabled AVP to cause half maximal rise of [32P]-PA and those inducing half maximal [3H]-AVP-binding were of the same order. It is concluded that the stimulation of phosphatidyl inositide breakdown by AVP in presence of Mg2+ is at least partially due to a Mg2+-induced enhancement of specific AVP-binding to the platelet membranes.


Platelets ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ø. Berg ◽  
A. M. Bakken ◽  
S. K. Steinsvåg ◽  
M. Farstad

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