STABLE FREE-RADICAL FORMS OF PLASMA PROTEINS OR SIMPLER RELATED STRUCTURES WHICH INDUCE BRAIN EXCITATORY EFFECTS

AUTOR(ES)

Polis, B. David

RESUMO

Stable free radicals have been prepared from purified plasma proteins, pituitary peptides, and simpler related structures like 5-OH tryptophan and melatonin by oxidation with the free-radical nitrosyl disulfonate in alkaline solution under controlled conditions. The presence of tyrosine or trytophan amino acid residues in the protein was found essential for free-radical formation. These red-colored, stable free radicals showed electron spin resonance spectra in aqueous solutions at room temperature and maintained this characteristic for weeks when stored at 5°C. Illumination, by visible light, of the free-radical proteins and peptides separated from excess nitrosyl disulfonate by salt fractionation or chromatography enhanced the free-radical concentration in the light. The increased signal decayed in the dark.

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