Table 1. Effect of cleavage activity with and without inhibitors at varying concentrations in the cleavage activity of 4⁴⁺ and 3²⁺ with GSH and plasmid DNA under aerobic conditions after 24 h incubation.

Inhibitor		% Form II cleavage from 44+ digestion	% Form II cleavage from 32+ digestion
Benzoate (mM)	0	74	74
	2	44	53
	4	33	40
	6	30	36
Formate (mM)	0	62	75
	2	44	57
	4	30	43
	6	27	39
Mannitol (mM)	0	67	71
	2	55	53
	4	39	49
	6	39	36
EtOH (mM)	0	71	79
	2	54	55
	4	39	46
	6	39	45
Pyruvate (mM)	0	74	78
	2	30	34
	4	31	28
	6	28	23
DMSO (mM)	0	64	74
	2	43	50
	4	34	37
	6	31	31
DEF (mM)	0	65	50
	2	26	19
	4	22	17
	6	22	17
SOD (μg mL–1)	0	64	77
	15	39	50
Catalase (μg mL–1)	0	67	75
	15	19	18
SOD and catalase (μg mL–1)	0	67	75
	15	20	20