Component
Eugenol quinone-methide intermediate
Species, preparation, dose and limitations are retained on linked claims.
2 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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What it does
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Where it participates (unsigned role)
Glutathione ethyl ester raised intracellular glutathione and completely protected cultured rat liver cells from eugenol- or quinone-methide-induced death.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
- dose
- Eugenol or quinone methide with glutathione ethyl ester
- duration
- Minutes to cell-death assessment
- evidence_access
- Primary PubMed abstract and indexed metadata reviewed. Full-text method details not stated here remain unresolved.
- evidence_scope
- literature_reviewed; model-specific source-derived curation
- experimental_model
- Cultured rat liver Clone 9 cells
- limitations
- A cell-permeable experimental glutathione ester is not equivalent to dietary glutathione supplementation.
- nutrient_topic
- Eugenol chapter; interacting nutrients, drugs, peptides and proteins retain their experimental settings. · Eugenol
- organism
- Cultured rat liver Clone 9 cells
- plain_language
- Glutathione ethyl ester raised intracellular glutathione and completely protected cultured rat liver cells from eugenol- or quinone-methide-induced death.
- primary_references
- Comparative toxicity of eugenol and its quinone methide metabolite in cultured liver cells using kinetic fluorescence bioassays. (1998). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9512727/ DOI: 10.1006/taap.1997.8348
- route
- In vitro
- tissue
- Glutathione, membrane physiology and cell death
- trigger_kind
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
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## eugenol-gsh-rescue Glutathione ethyl ester raised intracellular glutathione and completely protected cultured rat liver cells from eugenol- or quinone-methide-induced death. Model/species: Cultured rat liver Clone 9 cells Tissue/system: Glutathione, membrane physiology and cell death Exposure: Eugenol or quinone methide with glutathione ethyl ester Route: In vitro Duration: Minutes to cell-death assessment Limits: A cell-permeable experimental glutathione ester is not equivalent to dietary glutathione supplementation. Primary reference: Comparative toxicity of eugenol and its quinone methide metabolite in cultured liver cells using kinetic fluorescence bioassays. (1998). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9512727/ DOI: 10.1006/taap.1997.8348 Access: Primary PubMed abstract and indexed metadata reviewed. Full-text method details not stated here remain unresolved.
Complete structured claim and evidenceHuman myeloperoxidase with hydrogen peroxide oxidized eugenol toward a reactive intermediate consistent with a quinone methide.
Experimental context and source evidence
- dose
- Eugenol with peroxidase and hydrogen peroxide
- duration
- Acute
- evidence_access
- Primary PubMed abstract and indexed metadata reviewed. Full-text method details not stated here remain unresolved.
- evidence_scope
- literature_reviewed; model-specific source-derived curation
- experimental_model
- Purified human MPO and activated human polymorphonuclear leukocytes
- limitations
- The reactive intermediate was inferred from chemistry; ordinary dietary exposure and organ-specific dose were not established.
- nutrient_topic
- Eugenol chapter; interacting nutrients, drugs, peptides and proteins retain their experimental settings. · Eugenol
- organism
- Purified human MPO and activated human polymorphonuclear leukocytes
- plain_language
- Human myeloperoxidase with hydrogen peroxide oxidized eugenol toward a reactive intermediate consistent with a quinone methide.
- primary_references
- Metabolic activation of eugenol by myeloperoxidase and polymorphonuclear leukocytes. (1989). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2562421/ DOI: 10.1021/tx00009a011
- route
- In vitro
- tissue
- Reactive-metabolite formation and protein binding
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## eugenol-mpo-activation Human myeloperoxidase with hydrogen peroxide oxidized eugenol toward a reactive intermediate consistent with a quinone methide. Model/species: Purified human MPO and activated human polymorphonuclear leukocytes Tissue/system: Reactive-metabolite formation and protein binding Exposure: Eugenol with peroxidase and hydrogen peroxide Route: In vitro Duration: Acute Limits: The reactive intermediate was inferred from chemistry; ordinary dietary exposure and organ-specific dose were not established. Primary reference: Metabolic activation of eugenol by myeloperoxidase and polymorphonuclear leukocytes. (1989). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2562421/ DOI: 10.1021/tx00009a011 Access: Primary PubMed abstract and indexed metadata reviewed. Full-text method details not stated here remain unresolved.
Complete structured claim and evidence
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Situations it appears in
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