The kinetic differences between sodium nitrite, amyl nitrite and nitroglycerin oxidation of hemoglobin.
Histol Histopathol
; 1(3): 213-7, 1986 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
The effect of sodium nitrite, amyl nitrite and nitroglycerin (glyceryl trinitrate) on the hemoglobin of adult erythrocytes was examined in vitro. Both amyl nitrite and nitroglycerin reacted immediately with oxyhemoglobin to effect oxidation into methemoglobin while sodium nitrite required an inductionary period (lag phase) prior to the reaction. Kinetic studies of the biomolecular rate law for each of the preceding reaction's reactionary periods (log phases) allowed rate constant calculations to be made. The values are 1.14 x 10(4) M-1 min-1, 7.45 x 10(4) M-1 min-1, and 3.50 x 10(1) M-1 min-1 for sodium nitrite, amyl nitrite and nitroglycerin, respectively. A comparison of the amyl nitrite and nitroglycerin rate constants reveals that amyl nitrite is approximately 2000-fold more toxic to oxyhemoglobin than nitroglycerin. These oxidant's effect on in vitro hemoglobin solutions are comparable since both reactions approximate to rectangular hyperbolae. Sodium nitrite reacts about 300-fold faster with oxyhemoglobin than does nitroglycerin. However, the sodium nitrite reaction proceeds in a sigmoidal fashion which makes a strict comparison between these compounds relative toxicities less clear cut.
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01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Hemoglobinas
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Nitroglicerina
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Pentanoles
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Nitratos
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Histol Histopathol
Asunto de la revista:
HISTOLOGIA
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PATOLOGIA
Año:
1986
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Article