Spectral and photochemical properties of curcumin

CF Chignell, P Bilskj, KJ Reszka… - Photochemistry and …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Curcumin, bis(4‐hydroxy‐3‐methoxyphenyl)‐l,6‐heptadiene‐3,5‐dione, is a natural yellow‐orange
dye derived from the rhizome of Curcuma longa, an East Indian plant. In order to …

Reaction of melatonin and related indoles with hydroxyl radicals: EPR and spin trapping investigations

Z Matuszak, KJ Reszka, CF Chignell - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 1997 - Elsevier
It has been suggested that the indole hormone melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine,
MLT) is an important natural antioxidant and free radical scavenger [J. Pineal Res., 14: 51; …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa pyocyanin directly oxidizes glutathione and decreases its levels in airway epithelial cells

YQ O'Malley, KJ Reszka, DR Spitz… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
Production of pyocyanin enhances Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence. Many of pyocyanin's
in vitro and in vivo cytotoxic effects on human cells appear to result from its ability to redox …

Photocytotoxicity of curcumin

TA Dahll, P Bilski, KJ Reszka… - Photochemistry and …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Curcumin, bis(4‐hydroxy‐3‐methoxyphenyl)‐l,6‐diene‐3,5‐dione, is a yellow‐orange dye
derived from the rhizome of the plant Curcuma longa. Curcumin has demonstrated …

Alterations in the host defense properties of human milk following prolonged storage or pasteurization

…, Y Ma, D Pullum, R Kusano, KJ Reszka… - Journal of pediatric …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Preterm infants are often fed pasteurized donor milk or mother's milk that has been
stored frozen for up to 4 weeks. Our objectives were to assess the impact of pasteurization …

Surface catalyzed electron transfer from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) to methyl viologen dication: evidence for ground-state charge transfer complex …

R Dabestani, KJ Reszka, ME Sigman - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 1998 - Elsevier
Porous silica surfaces are shown to slowly catalyze the oxidation of adsorbed polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) to the corresponding radical cation via Lewis acid sites present …

The Pseudomonas secretory product pyocyanin inhibits catalase activity in human lung epithelial cells

YQ O'Malley, KJ Reszka… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2003 - journals.physiology.org
Pyocyanin, produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, has many deleterious effects on human
cells that relate to its ability to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as superoxide …

Oxidation of pyocyanin, a cytotoxic product from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, by microperoxidase 11 and hydrogen peroxide

KJ Reszka, Y O'Malley, ML McCormick… - Free Radical Biology …, 2004 - Elsevier
Pyocyanin (1-hydroxy-N-methylphenazine) is a cytotoxic pigment secreted by the bacterial
species Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which frequently infects the lungs of immunosuppressed …

Doxorubicin increases intracellular hydrogen peroxide in PC3 prostate cancer cells

BA Wagner, CB Evig, KJ Reszka, GR Buettner… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2005 - Elsevier
We studied the effect of doxorubicin on the production of hydrogen peroxide by PC3 human
prostate cancer cells, using a sensitive assay based on aminotriazole-mediated inhibition of …

Phenazine-1-carboxylic acid, a secondary metabolite of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, alters expression of immunomodulatory proteins by human airway epithelial …

GM Denning, SS Iyer, KJ Reszka… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2003 - journals.physiology.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative bacterium that causes both acute and chronic
lung disease in susceptible patient populations. P. aeruginosa secretes numerous proteins …