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The effect of melatonin and structural analogues on the lipid peroxidation of triglycerides enriched in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Fagali N, Catalá A

Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas (INIFTA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, CONICET, Casilla de Correo 16, Sucursal 4, (1900) La Plata, Argentina.

The lipid peroxidation of triglycerides enriched in polyunsaturated fatty acids was investigated by photoemission techniques and the TBARS assay. Butylated hydroxytoluene, 5-OH-tryptophan and N-acetylserotonin inhibited light emission and TBARS formation in a concentration dependent manner. However, it was enhanced in the presence of melatonin and 5-methoxytryptamine and was dependent on its concentration. The total relative luminic units were found to be lower in those systems incubated in the presence of butylated hydroxytoluene, N-acetylserotonin or 5-OH-tryptophan; this decreased proportionally to the concentration of the compound tested. The order of inhibition was 5-OH-tryptophan>N-acetylserotonin>butylated hydroxytoluene with the following IC50 values: 0.65, 6.5 and 9.0 mM respectively. The free-radical scavenging activity of the indole derivatives was also analyzed by the DPPH method, and the results indicate that 5-OH-tryptophan, and N-acetylserotonin exhibited a dose-dependent free-radical scavenging ability at all of the tested concentrations. Thus, at 10 muM concentration a decrease of 84.71% and 73.50% of initial DPPH was observed, compared to 51.00% of BHT. Melatonin and 5-methoxytriptamine decreased the initial concentration of DPPH only 1.85% and 5.0%, respectively. The possible formation of N(1)-acetyl-N(2) formyl-5-methoxykynuramine (AFMK) during lipid peroxidation of triglycerides enriched in PUFAs with cumene hydroperoxide in the presence of melatonin was also analyzed.

Published 13 July 2007 in Life Sci, 81(4): 299-305.
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