Electrochemical and associated techniques for the study of the inclusion complexes of thymol and β-cyclodextrin and its interaction with DNA
Autor: | Marília O. F. Goulart, Paulina Sierra-Rosales, Fabricia da Rocha Ferreira, Renata Costa Santos, Eduardo J. S. Fonseca, Emanuella Gomes da Silva, Fabiane C. de Abreu, Katherine Lozano, Claudia Yáñez, Samuel T. Souza |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
chemistry.chemical_classification
Bacterial disease Cyclodextrin 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics 040401 food science Inclusion compound chemistry.chemical_compound Scanning electrochemical microscopy 0404 agricultural biotechnology chemistry Electrochemistry Organic chemistry General Materials Science Differential pulse voltammetry Electrical and Electronic Engineering Cyclic voltammetry 0210 nano-technology Thymol Voltammetry Nuclear chemistry |
Zdroj: | Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry. 22:1483-1493 |
ISSN: | 1433-0768 1432-8488 |
Popis: | Thymol, a potent agent for microbial, fungal, and bacterial disease, has low aqueous solubility and it is genotoxic, i.e., is capable of damaging deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). This possible problem of DNA toxicity needs to be solved to allow the use of different doses of thymol. This study characterized the inclusion compound containing thymol and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) by measuring the interaction between these two components and the ability of thymol to bind DNA in its free and β-CD complexed form. The encapsulation approach using β-CD is particularly useful when controlled target release is desired, and a compound is insoluble, unstable, or genotoxic. The interaction between thymol and DNA has been studied using electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). The characterization of the inclusion complex of thymol and β-CD was analyzed by UV-vis spectrophotometry, cyclic voltammetry, and scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM). Based on the free β-CD by spectrophotometry method, the association constant of thymol with the β-CD was estimated to be 2.8 × 104 L mol−1. The AFM images revealed that in the presence of small concentrations of thymol, the dsDNA molecules appeared less knotted and bent on the mica surface, showing significant damage to DNA. The SECM and voltammetry results both demonstrated that the interaction of thymol-β-CD complex was smaller than the free compound showing that the encapsulation process may be an advantage leading to a reduction of toxic effects and increase of the bioavailability of the drug. |
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