Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9607059 | Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology | 2005 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Solutions of glucose are used as diluents for drugs in various drug infusions. When sterilized by heat small amounts of the substance 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde (5-HMF) is produced from glucose. At a hospital ward such infusions may be exposed to irradiation; including UV-light. The photoreactivity of the furaldehyde is investigated. It is shown to photodestabilize the catecholamine isoprenaline. It is shown to be a producer, but also a consumer, of singlet oxygen. The excited triplet, cation and anion radical have been produced by pulse radiolysis and flash photolysis and their absorbance characteristics have been determined. The triplet absorption spectrum showed absorption bands at 320 and 430Â nm with molar absorption coefficients of 4700 and 2600Â Mâ1Â cmâ1, respectively. The anion radical showed absorption bands at 330 and 420Â nm with molar absorption coefficients of 2000 and 300Â Mâ1Â cmâ1, respectively. The cation radical had an absorption band at 320Â nm with a molar absorption coefficient of 5000Â Mâ1Â cmâ1. The quantum yield for the production of singlet oxygen, sensitized by the 5-HMF triplet, was determined to be 0.6, whilst the quantum yield for the triplet formation was 1.0. Aqueous solutions of 5-HMF were found to photoionize to yield the hydrated electron and the cation radical of 5-HMF in a biphotonic process. The influences of pH, buffer and glucose on the formation of transients were evaluated. The reactions between 5-HMF and the solvated electron, the hydroxyl radical and the superoxide were also studied.
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Authors
Jørgen Brustugun, Hanne H. Tønnesen, Ruth Edge, Suppiah Navaratnam,