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Production Mechanism Study of Singlet Oxygen in Copper Ion-Catalyzed Curcumin Using Fluorimetric Method and Its Determination in the Presence of Superoxide Anion Radical

LÜ Qing-Luan, ZHANG Miao, YUE Ning-Ning, GONG Bin, WANG Huai-You*   

  1. College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
  • Received:2008-10-09 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2009-03-10 Published:2009-03-10
  • Contact: WANG Huai-You

Abstract: The production mechanism of singlet oxygen(1O2) in the curcumin catalyzed by copper ion was studied using 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran(DPBF) as a selective fluorescence probe. The absorption spectrum of curcumin(CUR) binding to copper ion demonstrated the formation of copper ion-CUR complexes. This complexes were further oxidized by H2O2 giving rise to singlet oxygen, which was similar to Haber-Weiss reaction. That the metal ions catalyzed curcumin to produce 1O2 was tested. Except for Cu2+ and Cu+-CUR systems, no detectable 1O2 was produced in other metal ion-CUR systems. A new method was found for determining 1O2 in the curcumin system by catalysis of Cu2+. A linear relationship was obtained between ΔIF and the concentration of 1O2 in the range of 1.37×10-8—3.66×10-7 mol/L. The detection limit was 4.12×10-9 mol/L.

Key words: 1,3-Diphenylisobenzofuran, Curcumin, Singlet oxygen, Fluorescence quenching

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