<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) was used to investigate free radicals in the peripheral blood of patients subjected to angioplasty treatment. To detect these free radicals, a nitrosobenzene spin trap was used in this experiment. The EPR spectra of the blood with a spin trap conglomerate was measured at room temperature and at 170 K. To confirm the kind of free radicals in the conglomerate blood-spin trap, simulation and quantum-chemical calculations were made, and the conglomerate spin trap with ascorbic acid was measured. Two different types of radicals, one at room temperature and the other in a frozen sample of blood, were found.</p></abstract>

The Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) was used to investigate free radicals in the peripheral blood of patients subjected to angioplasty treatment. To detect these free radicals, a nitrosobenzene spin trap was used in this experiment. The EPR spectra of the blood with a spin trap conglomerate was measured at room temperature and at 170 K. To confirm the kind of free radicals in the conglomerate blood-spin trap, simulation and quantum-chemical calculations were made, and the conglomerate spin trap with ascorbic acid was measured. Two different types of radicals, one at room temperature and the other in a frozen sample of blood, were found.

Free radicals in a conglomerate of peripheral blood with a spin trap investigated by the EPR method before and after angioplasty treatment

Faculty of Physics, Medical Physics Division, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznan, Poland

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering

The Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) was used to investigate free radicals in the peripheral blood of patients subjected to angioplasty treatment. To...

Free radicals in a conglomerate of peripheral blood with a spin trap investigated by the EPR method before and after angioplasty treatment

Published Online: Dec 29, 2008

Page range: 1 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10013-008-0001-5

Keywords
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Nitrosobenzene, radicals

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Free radicals in a conglomerate of peripheral blood with a spin trap investigated by the EPR method before and after angioplasty treatment

Published Online: Dec 29, 2008

Page range: 1 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10013-008-0001-5

KeywordsElectron Paramagnetic Resonance, Nitrosobenzene, radicals

This content is open access.

Keywords
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Nitrosobenzene, radicals