Figure 8.

Changes in the Thioflavin T fluorescence of LAB+D-ribose treated with plant sprouts' aqueous extracts (PSAE). LAB (final concentration 10 mg/mL) in the presence of D-ribose (final concentration 1 M) was kept at 37°C in Tris-HCl buffer (pH 7.4). Thioflavin T (final concentration 30 μM) was mixed with samples of LAB+D-ribose+PSAE, as described in Section 2.7. The fluorescence intensity of Thioflavin T was recorded (λ _ex 430 nm; λ _em 465 nm). LAB and D-ribose were used as a control. Aliquots were taken for measurements of fluorescence spectra (λ _ex = 430 nm). Values are mean ± SD of the three measurements. ^∗ P < 0.05 compared with the controls.