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Chemiluminescence-based Assays for Detection of Nitric Oxide and its Derivatives from Autoxidation and Nitrosated Compounds
Published on: February 16, 2022
Interaction between ascorbic acid and chlorogenic acid during the formation of nitric oxide in acidified saliva
Umeo Takahama1, Mariko Tanaka, Sachiko Hirota
1Department of Bioscience, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu 803-8580, Japan. takahama@kyu-dent.ac.jp
Abstract:
When saliva and gastric juice are mixed, salivary nitrite is transformed to nitrous acid to produce nitric oxide (NO). The NO formation in acidified saliva was enhanced by ascorbic acid and chlorogenic acid. Thiocyanate ion (SCN(-)) also enhanced the transformation of nitrous acid to NO. During the NO formation in the presence of both ascorbic acid and chlorogenic acid, ascorbic acid was preferentially oxidized. Chlorogenic acid was oxidized after ascorbic acid had been oxidized. Ascorbyl radical was detected during the oxidation of ascorbic acid, and the radical intensity was decreased by chlorogenic acid. The decrease is discussed to be due to the reduction of the oxidation intermediate or product of chlorogenic acid by ascorbyl radical. The result obtained in this study suggests that ascorbic acid was preferentially oxidized and that not only ascorbic acid but also ascorbyl radical could interact with the oxidation intermediate or product of chlorogenic acid when chlorogenic acid was added to the mixture of saliva and gastric juice that contained ascorbic acid.
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