3221 results about "Glutathione" patented technology

These and other objects of this invention are achieved by providing a novel method and compositions for the clinical treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases. This invention involves use of systemically administered compositions which include primary amine derivatives of benzoic acid as carbonyl trapping agents. These primary therapeutic agents act by chemically binding to and sequestering the aldehyde and/or ketone products of lipid peroxidation. Increased levels of lipid peroxidation have been repeatedly demonstrated as a part of the non-enzymatic "inflammatory cascade" process which underlies the secondary etiology of chronic inflammatory diseases. p-Aminobenzoic acid (or PABA) is an example of the primary therapeutic agent of the present invention. PABA has a small molecular weight, is water soluble, has a primary amine group that reacts with carbonyl-containing metabolites under physiological conditions and is tolerated by the body in relatively high dosages and for extended periods. The carbonyl sequestering agents are used in combination with at least one co-agent so as to produce an additional beneficial physiological effect of an anti-inflammatory nature. Such compositions are administered systemically entirely via the oral route. Co-agents of the present invention include anti-oxidants and free radical trapping compounds (e.g., alpha-tocopherol), compounds having indirect anti-oxidant activity (e.g., selenium), vitamins (e.g., pyridoxine HCl), compounds which facilitate kidney drug elimination (e.g., glycine), metabolites at risk of depletion (e.g., pantothenic acid), sulfhydryl containing chemicals (e.g., methionine), compounds which facilitate glutathione activity (e.g., N-acetylcysteine), and non-absorbable polyamine co-agents (e.g., chitosan).

The five component composition consisting essentially of: (1) Water soluble antioxidant vitamin C or ascorbic acid, or any of its forms or derivatives, or mixtures thereof. (2) Oil soluble antioxidant vitamin E or Alpha-tocophorol, or any of its forms or derivatives, or mixtures thereof. (3) The element selenium, or a chemical (or composition) containing it, or mixtures thereof. The most preferred chemical containing selenium is dimethyl selenide and mixtures thereof. The words "dimethyl selenide" here and hereinafter mean dimethyl selenide and/or it's oxidation products, including dimethyl selenoxide. (4) A sulfur amino acid, in any form, or a sulfur peptide, or a sulfur protein, or any of their derivatives, or mixtures thereof. The mixture of methionine and cysteine, which contains as impurities some seleno-methionine and some selenocysteine, is preferred,-the tripeptide glutathione containing cysteine is also preferred. (5) Another antioxidant, other than vitamin C and other than vitamin E, which is synthetic or natural and water soluble or oil soluble, or a mixture of such antioxidants, or a combination of such forms thereof. The mixtures of butylated hydroxyanisole and ethoxyquin is preferred.

The invention relates generally to compositions comprising antioxidants useful for reducing oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation, and treating chronic liver disease, chronic hepatitis C virus infection and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. In particular, the invention relates to the preparation and oral administration of compositions comprising glycyrrhizin, schisandra, ascorbic acid, L-glutathione, silymarin, lipoic acid, and d-alpha-tocopherol. The invention also relates to the preparation and parenteral administration of compositions comprising glycyrrhizin, ascorbic acid, L-glutathione, and vitamin B-complex, preferably by infusion or intravenous injection. The invention further relates to methods of using the antioxidants, oral compositions and parenteral compositions.

Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for modulating the levels and/or activity of S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR) in vivo or in vitro. Specifically disclosed are GSNOR deletion constructs, host cells and non-human mammals comprising GSNOR deletions, and methods of screening employing GSNOR deletion mutants. Also specifically disclosed are reagents and procedures for measuring, monitoring, or altering GSNOR levels or activity (as well as nitric oxide and S-nitrosothiol levels) in connection with various medical conditions.

Chronic glaucoma, cataract, ocular and periocular aging are treated and prevented by the administration of agents that affect metabolic subsystems such as (i) mitochondrial bioenergetics, (ii) free radical moderation and glutathione maintenance, (iii) constitutive nitric oxide/endothelin-1 balance, and (iv) calcium wave signaling and associated neuronal excito-toxicity. Included among the agents are tetrahydrobiopterin, R-alpha-lipoic acid, coenzyme Q10, 17 alpha-estradiol, and glutathione.

A method of increasing glutathione levels in mammalian cells comprising administering an oral bolus of encapsulated pharmaceutically stabilized glutathione in a rapidly dissolving formulation to a mammal on an empty stomach. Pharmaceutical formulations including glutathione are also disclosed.

A skin dressing is adapted, on activation, to release one or more S-nitrosothiols, preferably S-nitroso-L-glutathione. S-nitrosothiols decompose spontaneously to produce nitric oxide, which has beneficial effects on tissues, particularly in wound healing.

A composition for potentiating glutathione, which contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethanol or a glycoside thereof, a plant containing 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethanol or a glycoside thereof, an extract of said plant, a hydrolysate of said plant, and a hydrolysate of the extract of said plant (excluding Olea europaea and an extract thereof), and which further contains at least one member selected from among an S-containing compound that is a supply source of cysteine, a protein that contains cysteine and/or cystine, a yeast that contains cysteine and/or cystine, and a vitamin.

A C-nitroso compound having a molecular weight ranging from 225 to 1,000 (from 225 to 600 for oral administration) on a monomeric basis wherein a nitroso group is attached to a tertiary carbon, which is obtained by nitrosylation of a carbon acid having a pKa less than about 25, is useful as an NO donor. When the compound is obtained from a carbon acid with a pKa less than about 10, it provides vascular relaxing effect when used at micromolar concentrations and this activity is potentiated by glutathione to be obtained at nanomolar concentrations. When the compound is obtained from a carbon acid with a pKa ranging from about 15 to about 20, vascular relaxing effect is obtained at nanomolar concentrations without glutathione. In another embodiment, a biocompatible polymer incorporates a C-nitroso moiety.

The invention discloses a serum-free medium for culturing placenta mesenchymal stem cells. The serum-free medium takes a DMEM (Dulbecco Modified Eagle Medium) culture solution as a basis and also contains a fibroblast growth factor receptor 2, growth hormone, insulin, transferrin, glutathione, BMP-4, L-glutamine, sodium pyruvate, non-essential amino acids and beta-mercaptoethanol. According to various serum-free media provided by the invention, growth and proliferation of the placenta mesenchymal stem cells in a serum-free medium system can be effectively promoted, the placenta mesenchymal stem cells have higher growth and proliferation rate in the serum-free medium system compared with a serum cell culture medium, the characteristics of the stem cells are preserved, the serum-free medium has multiple differential potentials, and the stem cells can be directionally induced into fat cells and osteoblasts.

The invention belongs to the technical field of detection and particularly relates to lead ion colorimetric detection probes and an application method thereof. In the method, glutathione modified gold nanoparticles are used as colorimetric probes, glutathione combines with gold nanoparticles by utilizing sulfydryl groups of the glutathione for coordination to form a stable structure of which the surface contains two free carboxyl radicals. In the process of detection, the carboxyl radicals can coordinate with heavy metal ions; and by utilizing the property of surface plasma resonance of the gold nanoparticles, the existence of the heavy metal ion Pb2+ in aqueous solution can be indicated by the color change of the solution. The lead ion colorimetric detection probes have the advantages that: the sensitivity and selectivity are high; in-situ quick detection can be realized without large-size instruments; the detection results are visual and can be observed by naked eyes; the operation is simple and the cost is low; and the used solvents and the operation processes have no toxic or side effects.

An intracellular selection system allows screening for peptide bioactivity and stability. Randomized recombinant peptides are screened for bioactivity in a tightly regulated expression system, preferably derived from the wild-type lac operon. Bioactive peptides thus identified are inherently protease- and peptidase-resistant. Also provided are bioactive peptides stabilized by a stabilizing group at the N-terminus, the C-terminus, or both. The stabilizing group can be a small stable protein, such as the Rop protein, glutathione sulfotransferase, thioredoxin, maltose binding protein, or glutathione reductase, an α-helical moiety, or one or more proline residues.

The invention relates to a production process of germ and corn composite nutritional powder and the product of the production process, and belongs to the technical field of food processing. The production process is characterized in that mixing corn which sprouts in stress with wheat germ which is subjected to microwave enzyme inactivation; performing extrusion and superfine grinding to prepare germ and corn meal; adding carrot meal, spirulina meal, white granulated sugar, maltodextrin and vegetable fat powder into the germ and corn meal; and sterilizing and packaging to prepare the germ and corn composite nutritional powder. The production process is simple and high in industrial degree, so that the germ resource can be further utilized, corn can be completely utilized, and the additional value of agricultural products can be increased. The germ and corn composite nutritional powder produced by the production process is good in dissolubility, fine in taste and high in nutritional value, is rich in gamma-aminobutyric acid, glutathione, octacosanol, dietary fiber and other components, has the functions of improving brain functions, calming nerves, improving sleeping, resisting oxidation, delaying senescence, improving body immunity and the like, and is an ideal health-care nutritional food, wherein the content of gamma-aminobutyric acid in the product is between 20 and 60mg/100g.

A plant growth regulator containing glutathione allows increasing harvest index. This provides a technique for specifying a control factor for a plant, thereby effectively controlling germination, growth, anthesis etc. of the plant.

Methods and compositions comprising N-acetylcysteine amide (NAC amide) and derivatives thereof are used in treatments and therapies for human and non-human mammalian diseases, disorders, conditions and pathologies. Pharmaceutically or physiologically acceptable compositions of NAC amide or derivatives thereof are administered alone, or in combination with other suitable agents, to reduce, prevent, or counteract oxidative stress and free radical oxidant formation and overproduction in cells and tissues, as well as to provide a new source of glutathione.

The invention relates to a method for simulating peroxidase by manganese dioxide nanosheet for detection of reductive biological molecules. The peroxidase simulated by manganese dioxide nanosheet can perform catalytic oxidation on substrates of 3,3',5,5'-tetramethyl benzidine TMB, 2,2-azino-di(3-ethyl-benzothiazoles-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt ABTS and o-phenylenediamine OPD, and changes the color from colorless to blue, green and orange respectively, at the same time, the manganese dioxide nanosheet can sensitively and selectively perform an oxidation reduction reaction with reductive biological molecules such as glutathione and ascorbic acid, oxidation product concentration of the substrates such as TMB, ABTS and OPD is changed, and then, the reductive biological molecules such as glutathione and ascorbic acid are subjected to quantitative determination through a colorimetric analysis method. The method has the characteristics of simple operation, high sensitivity, good reappearance and high selectivity; a detection linear scope of glutathione is 1-15 [mu]M, the detection limit is 0.3 [mu]M; the detection linear scope of ascorbic acid is 3-100 [mu]M, the detection limit is 0.8 [mu]M; and the method can be used for detecting various phenolic compounds.

The invention provides a culture fluid exclusively used in cow in-vitro fertilization embryos. The culture fluid contains 109.0mM-110mM of NaCl, 2.9mM-3.1mM of KCl, 26.0mM-26.5mM of NaHCO3, 0.5mM-1.0mM of MgCl2.6H2O, 1.0mM-1.3mM of KH2PO3, 0.4mM of sodium pyruvate, 1.5 mM of glucose, 5mM of galacturonic calcium, 10v/v% fetal bovine serum, 1mM of L- glutamine, 2v/v% essential amino-acid, 1v/v% nonessential amino acid and 1mM-10mM of glutathione. The cow in-vitro fertilization embryos are placed into the culture fluid to carry out in-vitro cultivation, and results are shown to be obviously superior to those of a control group which is not added with GSH (glutathione), and therefore, developmental rate of blastula and embryo quality are improved, cost for producing embryos in vitro is lowered, experimental basis is provided for applying a cow IVF (in vitro fertilization) technology to practice, and a genetic breeding process can be greatly accelerated.