Thiobarbituric acid reactive substance

The products formed during lipid peroxidation include unsaturated aldehydes, such as 4-hydroxynonenal. Their quantification is of great interest because of their extremely reactive and cytotoxic properties. This extreme reactivity and metabolic conversion, however, may make them unsuitable as test analytes for in vivo antioxidant activity studies except at high levels of oxidative stress. Furthermore, simple chemical tests such as the TBARS (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances) and LPO-586 (colorimetric... 

Thiobarbituric Acid-Reactive Substance (TEARS) Assay... 

Overproduction of free radicals by erythrocytes and leukocytes and iron overload result in a sharp increase in free radical damage in T1 patients. Thus, Livrea et al. [385] found a twofold increase in the levels of conjugated dienes, MDA, and protein carbonyls with respect to control in serum from 42 (3-thalassemic patients. Simultaneously, there was a decrease in the content of antioxidant vitamins C (44%) and E (42%). It was suggested that the iron-induced liver damage in thalassemia may play a major role in the depletion of antioxidant vitamins. Plasma thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) and conjugated dienes were elevated in (3-thalassemic children compared to controls together with compensatory increase in SOD activity [386]. The development of lipid peroxidation in thalassemic erythrocytes probably depends on a decrease in reduced glutathione level and decreased catalase activity [387]. 

Hassoun et al. (1993) examined the effects of various pesticides on lipid peroxidation and DNA single strand breakage in the hepatic cells of female Sprague-Dawley rats. Animals were dosed orally once with endrin at 4.5 mg/kg, lindane at 30 mg/kg, chlordane at 120 mg/kg, or DDT (dichlorodiphenyl trichloro-ethane) at 40 mg/kg, or vehicle only (com oil, control). At 6, 12, and 24 hours post-dosing, 4 animals from each group were sacrificed, their livers removed, and prepared for lipid peroxidation assay. Lipid peroxidation was measured calorimetrically by determining the amount of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) formed. Exposure to endrin resulted in a 14.5% increase in hepatic mitochondrial... 

TBARS, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances 22 6(o3, docosahexaenoic add 20 4to6, arachidonic acid 18 lfi)9, oleic acid 20 5fl)3, eicosapentaenoic add. 

Figure 5. Inhibitory effect of NO on Fe -induced lipid peroxidation. Shown is the decreased generation of an oxidative marker (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, TBARS) as a result of 0.9 iM NO. HL-60 cells (5 x loVral) were placed in an O2 monitor and at the designated time points, butylated hydroxytoluene was added and samples were quick frozen for determination of TBARS. The values represent the mean and standard error of 3-5 independent determinations. Also shown for comparison is the residual concentration of O2 after exposure to the the same conditions. This shows a decrease in utilization of O2 in the presence of NO. We conclude that NO reduces TBARS, and the percent inhibition is similar to the poeent inhibition of O2 consumption. (Modified from our data in Kelley, E.E., Wagner, B.A., Buettner, G.R., and Bums, C.P., 1999, Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 370 97-104).

Other indices measure a secondary stage of oxidation, such as the anisidine value (ANV), pointing to formation of carbonyl compounds, capable of undergoing condensation reactions with p-anisidine, and the thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) pointing to the presence of malondialdehyde (MDA) in particular. In biological systems, TBARS is of widespread use as a measure for the extent of oxidation damage. Another test for stability of oils to oxidation is based on the development of acidity as secondary product, for example, standards using the Rancimat equipment or a similar setup. 

Secondary oxidation products oxidation indices, 656, 665-72 acid value, 672 anisidine value, 656, 666 carbonyl compounds, 656, 669-71 conjugated dienes value, 671-2 thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, 656, 666-9... 

Taxol, synthesis, 265 TEARS see Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances... 

Antioxidative effect. Tea, administered orally to rats, decreased the thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TEARS) contents... 

It is often too expensive to have or maintain an inhouse descriptive sensory panel. Therefore, other ways of measuring flavor need to be developed. Off-flavor in many foods have been measured by using gas chromatography to assess the level of lipid volatiles associated with off-flavor development Chapters 5, 6, 9) such as hexanal or by direct chemical determination of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances Chapters 5, 6) as a marker of the degree of lipid peroxidation. A new method being tested for use in the assessment of food qu ity is impedance technology. This method is showing promise for use in the seafood industry Chapter 20),... 

TBA, 2-thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, mg MDA/kg sample CBB, cooked beef/brothy, all sensory values are mean intensity scores BM, beefy/meaty BRO, brothy BRC, browned/caramel SWT, sweet PTY, painty CBD, cardboardy SUR, sour BTR, bitter. 

Antioxidant activity was also tested in a liver microsome system. In this study, mice were treated by oral intubation (2 times/wk) with 0.2 ml olive oil alone or containing CLA (0.1 ml), linoleic acid (0.1 ml), or dl-a-tocopherol (lOmg). Four weeks after the first treatment, liver microsomes were prepared and subsequently subjected to oxidative stress using a non-enzymatic iron-dependent lipid peroxidation system. Microsomal lipid peroxidation was measured as thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance (TBARS) production using malondialdehyde as the standard. It was found that pretreatment of mice with CLA or dl-a-tocopherol significantly decreased TBARS formation in mouse liver microsomes (p < 0.05) (Sword, J. T. and M. W. Pariza, University of Wisconsin, unpublished data). 

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