LUMINESCENCE, cilt.28, sa.6, ss.900-904, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)
Free radical activity towards superoxide anion radical (O-2(center dot)), hydroxyl radical (HO center dot) and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH center dot) of a series of novel thiazolidine-2,4-dione derivatives (TSs) was examined using chemiluminescence, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and EPR spin trapping techniques. 5,5-Dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide (DMPO) was applied as the spin trap. Superoxide radical was produced in the potassium superoxide/18-crown-6 ether dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide. Hydroxyl radical was generated in the Fenton reaction (Fe(II) + H2O2. It was found that TSs showed a slight scavenging effect (15-38% reduction at 2.5 mmol/L concentration) of the DPPH radical and a high scavenging effect of (O-2(center dot)) (41-88%). The tested compounds showed inhibition of HO center dot -dependent DMPO-OH spin adduct formation (the amplitude of EPR signal decrease ranged from 20 to 76% at 2.5 mmol/L concentration. Our findings present new group compounds of relatively high reactivity towards free radicals. Copyright (c) 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.