The mechanism of the enhanced antioxidant effects

The mechanism of the enhanced antioxidant effects against superoxide anion radicals of reduced water produced by electrolysis.   Biophys Chem.2004 Jan 1;107(1):71-82. Hanaoka K, Sun D, Lawrence R, Kamitani Y, Fernandes G. Bio-REDOX Laboratory Inc.1187-4, Oaza-Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken 386-0001, Japan. hanak@rapid.ocn.ne.jp We reported that reduced water produced by electrolysis enhanced the antioxidant effects of portion donors such as ascorbic acid (AsA)in a previous paper. We also demonstrated that reduced water produced by electrolysis of 2 mM NaCI solutions did not show antioxidant effects by itself. We reasoned that the enhancement of antioxidant effects may be due to the increase of the ionic product of water as solvent. The ionic product of water(pKw)was estimated by measurements of pH and by a neutralization...