Copper-Amino Acid Complexes Are Partially Protected against Inhibitory Effects of L-Cysteine and L-Ascorbic Acid on Copper Absorption in Chicks

Antimutagenicity of vitaminâ€C (ascorbic acid) and Lâ€cysteine (amino acid) was determined against the mutagenicity of sodium azide (NaN3; pH 6.0) in Trigonella foenumâ€graecum L. Toxicity to seed germination and seedling growth were taken as as the parameters. Sodium azide (mutagenic agent) induces inhibitory effects on the seed germination and causes formation of abnormal seedlings significantly with increasing concentrations. Sodium azide mutagenized seeds of T. foenumâ€graecum postâ€treated with four different aqueous concentrations of vitaminâ€C (0.0005M, 0.0010M, 0.0015M and 0.0100M) and Lâ€cysteine (0.0005M, 0.0010M, 0.0015M and 0.0100M), exhibited antimutagenic activity by way of promotory effects on seed germination as well as on seedling growth as compared to contol. Lâ€cystein was found to be more potent as antimutagen (antitoxic) than vitaminâ€C.

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An ESR study of the peroxidase reaction catalyzed by human methaemoglobin and methaemoglobin-haptoglobin complex

Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications ◽

10.1135/cccc19910923 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 56 (4) ◽

pp. 923-932

Author(s):

Jana Stejskalová ◽

Pavel Stopka ◽

Zdeněk Pavlíček

Keyword(s):

Hydrogen Peroxide ◽

Ascorbic Acid ◽

Amino Acid ◽

Peroxidase Activity ◽

Amino Acid Analysis ◽

Superoxide Radical ◽

Esr Spectra ◽

The Other ◽

Delocalized Electron

The ESR spectra of peroxidase systems of methaemoglobin-ascorbic acid-hydrogen peroxide and methaemoglobin-haptoglobin complex-ascorbic acid-hydrogen peroxide have been measured in the acetate buffer of pH 4.5. For the system with methaemoglobin an asymmetrical signal with g ~ 2 has been observed which is interpreted as the perpendicular region of anisotropic spectrum of superoxide radical. On the other hand, for the system with methaemoglobin-haptoglobin complex the observed signal with g ~ 2 is symmetrical and is interpreted as a signal of delocalized electron. After realization of three repeatedly induced peroxidase processes the ESR signal of the perpendicular part of anisotropic spectrum of superoxide radical is distinctly diminished, whereas the signal of delocalized electron remains practically unchanged. An amino acid analysis of methaemoglobin along with results of the ESR measurements make it possible to derive a hypothesis about the role of haptoglobin in increasing of the peroxidase activity of methaemoglobin.

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Potentiometric study of enantioselective effects in α-amino acid complexes of copper(II)

Inorganica Chimica Acta ◽

10.1016/s0020-1693(00)83787-1 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 104 (1) ◽

pp. 63-67 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

I.L. Ulanovski ◽

A.A. Kurganov ◽

V.A. Davankov

Keyword(s):

Amino Acid ◽

Potentiometric Study ◽

Amino Acid Complexes

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Synthesis, Characterization, and Non-Covalent Interactions of Palladium(II)-Amino Acid Complexes

Molecules ◽

10.3390/molecules26144331 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (14) ◽

pp. 4331

Author(s):

David B. Hobart ◽

Michael A. G. Berg ◽

Hannah M. Rogers ◽

Joseph S. Merola

Keyword(s):

Amino Acid ◽

High Resolution Mass Spectrometry ◽

Resonance Spectroscopy ◽

Spectroscopic Techniques ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Amino Acid Complexes ◽

Acetone Water ◽

Square Planar ◽

Non Covalent Interactions ◽

Covalent Interactions

The reaction of palladium(II) acetate with acyclic amino acids in acetone/water yields square planar bis-chelated palladium amino acid complexes that exhibit interesting non-covalent interactions. In all cases, complexes were examined by multiple spectroscopic techniques, especially HRMS (high resolution mass spectrometry), IR (infrared spectroscopy), and 1H NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectroscopy. In some cases, suitable crystals for single crystal X-ray diffraction were able to be grown and the molecular structure was obtained. The molecular geometries of the products are discussed. Except for the alanine complex, all complexes incorporate water molecules into the extended lattice and exhibit N-H···O and/or O···(HOH)···O hydrogen bonding interactions. The non-covalent interactions are discussed in terms of the extended lattice structures exhibited by the structures.

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