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. 2020 Oct 29;10:18683. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-75514-7

Figure 7.

Figure 7

The postulated mechanism of POPC lipid bilayer oxidation. (I) The allylic hydrogen is abstracted by CPP derived reactive species and (II) with the addition of molecular oxygen, the hydroperoxyl radical is added in its place. (III) The hydroperoxyl radical can initiate the oxidation of neighboring lipid molecules to result in a hydroperoxy (OOH) group adjacent to the double bond. (IV) Oxidation of the OOH group results in lipid tail scission into a shortened acyl chain capped with the aldehyde (CHO) group. (V) Further oxidation of the shortened lipid molecule results in its replacement CHO with COOH. Mmi = monoisotopic mass.