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Evaluation of Total Reactive Antioxidant Potential (TRAP) of Tissue Homogenates and Their Cytosols

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Abstract

This study evaluates the possibility of obtaining total reactive antioxidant potential (TRAP) indexes in homogenates and their cytosolic fractions by a procedure based on the quenching of luminol luminescence induced by the thermolysis of 2,2′-azo-bis(2-amidinopropane). Measurements were performed in rat brain, liver, kidney, and heart homogenates. TRAP indexes can be easily determined both in homogenates and their cytosolic fractions. The results obtained indicate that heart homogenates are the least and liver homogenates the most protected of the systems considered. Glutathione is the measured antioxidant that contributes the most to TRAP values, while uric acid makes a significant contribution only in liver. A calculation of theoretical TRAP values from the measured concentrations of the main antioxidants (glutathione, uric acid, ascorbic acid, and α-tocopherol) for the different homogenates shows that, in most tissues (liver, brain, and kidney), nearly 50% of the experimentally determined TRAP values are not accounted for. This difference is mainly due to the contribution of proteins to the measured TRAP.

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