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alpha-Lipoic acid as a biological antioxidant.

Abstract
alpha-Lipoic acid, which plays an essential role in mitochondrial dehydrogenase reactions, has recently gained considerable attention as an antioxidant. Lipoate, or its reduced form, dihydrolipoate, reacts with reactive oxygen species such as superoxide radicals, hydroxyl radicals, hypochlorous acid, peroxyl radicals, and singlet oxygen. It also protects membranes by interacting with vitamin C and glutathione, which may in turn recycle vitamin E. In addition to its antioxidant activities, dihydrolipoate may exert prooxidant actions through reduction of iron. alpha-Lipoic acid administration has been shown to be beneficial in a number of oxidative stress models such as ischemia-reperfusion injury, diabetes (both alpha-lipoic acid and dihydrolipoic acid exhibit hydrophobic binding to proteins such as albumin, which can prevent glycation reactions), cataract formation, HIV activation, neurodegeneration, and radiation injury. Furthermore, lipoate can function as a redox regulator of proteins such as myoglobin, prolactin, thioredoxin and NF-kappa B transcription factor. We review the properties of lipoate in terms of (1) reactions with reactive oxygen species; (2) interactions with other antioxidants; (3) beneficial effects in oxidative stress models or clinical conditions.
AuthorsL Packer, E H Witt, H J Tritschler
JournalFree radical biology & medicine (Free Radic Biol Med) Vol. 19 Issue 2 Pg. 227-50 (Aug 1995) ISSN: 0891-5849 [Print] United States
PMID7649494 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review)
Chemical References
  • Antioxidants
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Hydroxyl Radical
  • Thioctic Acid
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antioxidants
  • Disease
  • Humans
  • Hydroxyl Radical
  • Molecular Structure
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Thioctic Acid (chemistry, metabolism, pharmacology, therapeutic use)

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