We studied the inhibition of peroxidation by local anesthetics in an inflammatory animal model. Inflammatory lipid peroxidation was assessed by the thiobarbituric assay in plasma from rats injected or not injected with carrageenan (Carra) and killed 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, and 24 h thereafter.
In aerobic metabolism, reactive oxygen species (ROS) are formed during the fermentation that can cause oxidative stress in microorganisms. Microbial cells possess both enzymatic and non-enzymatic defensive systems that may protect cells from oxidative damage. The antioxidant enzymes superoxide
Mercurialis tomentosa L. has been used in Spanish ethnomedicine. In the present study the first phytochemical characterisation of a lipid fraction from M. tomentosa was performed. The CHCl3 extraction of aerial parts from M. tomentosa and GC/MS investigations revealed the occurrence of cuticular
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