Abstract
In the present paper, the antioxidant properties of a preparation of human urine (PHU) were evaluated by studying the ability of this drug to react with relevant biological oxidants such as superoxide anion radical (O2*-) and hydroxyl radical (OH*). In addition, its effect on lipid peroxidation was investigated in vitro and ex vivo. PHU is not a good scavenger of O2*-. However, it reacts rapidly with OH radicals with a second-order rate constant of 2.8 x 10(9)/M/sec. The studies on rat brain homogenates showed that PHU had an inhibitory effect, which was dependent on its concentration and the magnitude of lipid peroxidation. Ex vivo studies also showed that oral administration of PHU increased the antioxidant capacity of plasma from rats. The ability of PHU to scavenge free radicals suggests that this drug may be potentially useful in counteracting free radical-mediated diseases.
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