The radicals of quercetin-derived antioxidants in Triton X-100 micelles

We have employed photoionization with a pulsed laser (5 ns, 355 nm) as a direct access to the radicals of quercetin, five of its monoethers and three of its diethers...

Direct Irradiation of Phenol and Para-Substituted Phenols with a Laser Pulse (266 nm) in Homogeneous and Micro-heterogeneous Media. A Time-Resolved Spectroscopy Study

Direct irradiation of para-substituted phenols under N₂ atmosphere in homogeneous (cyclohexane, acetonitrile, and methanol) and micellar (SDS) solution was investigated by means of time-resolved spectroscopy. After a laser pulse (266 nm), two transient species were formed, viz. the para-substituted phenol radical-cations and the corresponding phenoxy radicals. The radical-cations showed a broad absorption band located between 390 and 460 nm, while the phenoxy radicals showed two characteristic bands centered at 320 nm and 400-410 nm. The deprotonation rate constant of radical-cations (k_H) of 10⁵ s^-1 and the reaction rate constant of the phenoxy radicals (k_R) in the order of 10⁹-10¹⁰ M^-1·s^-1 have been derived. The k_H rate constants gave good linear Hammett correlation with positive slope indicating that electron-withdrawing substituents enhance the radical-cation acidity. The binding constants (K_b) of the para-substituted phenols with the surfactant were also measured, and NOESY experiments showed that phenols were located in the hydrophobic core of the micelle. Finally, computational calculations provided the predicted absorption spectra of the transients and nice linear correlations were obtained between the theoretical and experimental energy of the lower absorption band of these species.

Novel quartz crystal microbalance immunodetection of aflatoxin B1 coupling cargo-encapsulated liposome with indicator-triggered displacement assay

A simple and sensitive quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) immunosensing platform was designed for the high-efficient detection of aflatoxin B₁ (AFB₁) in foodstuff. Initially, phenoxy-derived dextran molecule was immobilized on the surface of QCM gold substrate by using thiolated β-cyclodextrin based on the supramolecular host-guest chemistry between phenoxy group and cyclodextrin. Then, AFB₁-bovine serum albumin (AFB₁-BSA)-conjugated concanavalin A (Con A) was assembled onto the QCM probe through the dextran-Con A interaction. Glucose-loaded nanoliposome, labeled with monocolonal anti-AFB₁ antibody, was used for the amplification of QCM signal. Upon target AFB₁ introduction, the analyte competed with the immobilized AFB₁-BSA on the probe for the labeled anti-AFB₁ antibody on the nanoliposome. Based on specific antigen-antibody reaction, the amount of the conjugated nanoliposomes on the QCM probe gradually decreased with the increment of target AFB₁ in the sample. Upon injection of Triton X-100 in the detection cell, the carried nanoliposome was lysed to release the encapsulated glucose molecules. Thanks to the stronger affinity of Con A toward glucose than that of dextran, AFB₁-BSA-labeled Con A was displaced from the QCM probe, resulting in the change of the local frequency. Under the optimum conditions, the shift of the functionalized QCM immunosensing interface in the frequency shift was proportional to the concentration of target AFB₁ within a dynamic range from 1.0 ng kg^-1 to 10 μg kg^-1 at a low detection limit of 0.83 ng kg^-1. In addition, the acceptable assayed results on precision, reproducibility, specificity and method accuracy for the analysis of real samples were also acquired. Importantly, our strategy can provide a signal-on competitive immunoassay for the detection of small molecules, e.g., mycotoxins and biotoxins, thereby representing a versatile sensing schemes by controlling the corresponding antibody or hapten in the analysis of food safety.

Resveratrol Radical Repair by Vitamin C at the Micelle-Water Interface: Unexpected Reaction Rates Explained by Ion-Dipole Interactions

Repair reactions of lipophilic phenoxy radicals by hydrophilic co-antioxidants at model membranes are important for understanding the factors that govern the interactions between radical scavengers in biological systems. By using near-UV photoionization, we have selectively generated the phenoxy radical of the famous antioxidant resveratrol inside anionic (SDS), cationic (DTAC), or neutral (TX-100) micelles, as well as in homogeneous aqueous solution, and have compared its repairs in these media by the water-soluble co-antioxidants ascorbic acid and ascorbate monoanion. With all surfactants, these reactions are dynamic processes at the micelle-water interface. Whereas for the combinations ascorbate monoanion/ ionic micelle the repair rates can be rationalized by the Coulombic interactions, unexpected effects were observed with the neutral ascorbic acid and the charged micelles: for the anionic micelles, this repair is three times faster than in homogeneous solution, and two orders of magnitude faster than for the cationic micelles. Given that the repair by a concerted proton-electron transfer demands a coplanar arrangement of the resveratrol phenoxy centre sticking out into the Stern layer and the co-antioxidant hydroxy moiety approaching from the aqueous bulk, we explain these results by ion-dipole interactions: only at a negatively charged micellar surface does the direction of the large dipole moment of ascorbic acid lead to an orientation favourable for the repair.

Combined static and dynamic quenching in micellar systems—closed-form integrated rate laws verified using a versatile probe

One probe to rule them all: an extremely long-lived radical cation M˙⁺ generated by green-light photoionization allowed new theories of combined static and dynamic intra- and intermicellar quenching to be tested.

Green-light ionization of 3-aminoperylene in SDS micelles—a promising access to hydrated electrons despite a myth debunked

Contrary to earlier surmises in the literature, it takes more than a single green photon to ionize 3-aminoperylene in SDS micelles, but a number of favourable properties still make this system very attractive for generating a “super reductant” under mild conditions.

3-Aminoperylene and ascorbate in aqueous SDS, one green laser flash … and action! Sustainably detoxifying a recalcitrant chloro-organic

Green light releases the predator e_aq˙⁻ (the hydrated electron) at near-physiological pH through a metal-free catalytic cycle, consuming only ascorbate AscH⁻ as a sacrificial donor, and decomposing organochlorides R–Cl with high turnover numbers.