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. 1999 Aug 3;96(16):9374–9378. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.16.9374

Table 3.

Total quenching* of 1O2 by pyridoxine derivatives and other physiological antioxidants

Quencher/antioxidant kq, M−1·s−1 Conditions, solvent Ref.
Pyridoxine 10.3 (± 0.5) × 107 pD  =  7.4, D2O This work
Pyridoxal 8.7 (± 0.1) × 107 pD  =  7.4, D2O This work
Pyridoxamine 9.9 (± 0.2) × 107 pD  =  7.4, D2O This work
Pyridoxal 5-phosphate 6.2 (± 0.2) × 107 pD  =  7.4, d2O This work
l-Methionine 1.1 (± 0.1) × 107 D2O This work
Vitamin C 0.83 × 107 H2O, pH 6.8 (26)
15 × 107 CD3OD (27)
Vitamin E 10 × 107 CCl4 (28)
3 × 107 ClCF2CCl2F (29)
Glycyl-methionine 1.5 × 107 50% CH3CN, 50% H2O (30)
Glutathione 0.087 × 107 D2O (31)
Cysteine 5 × 107 75% D2O, 25% EtOH (32)
*

The quenching-rate constants, kq, reported in this work were calculated from time-resolved decays of 1O2 phosphorescence recorded after a single-pulse laser irradiation (19) of rose bengal in aerobic D2O solution containing the pyridoxine quencher.