1. Interaction of a copper(II)–Schiff base complexes with calf thymus DNA and their antimicrobial activity
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T. Plichta, Aladár Valent, Helena Paulíková, Martin Šimkovič, Mária Kožurková, Z. Ondrušová, Danica Sabolová, and Daniela Hudecová
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Stereochemistry ,Radical ,Intracellular Space ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Electrons ,Ascorbic Acid ,Microbial Sensitivity Tests ,Biochemistry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Anti-Infective Agents ,Structural Biology ,Candida albicans ,Animals ,Molecular Biology ,Schiff Bases ,Schiff base ,Circular Dichroism ,Titrimetry ,DNA ,General Medicine ,Antimicrobial ,Ascorbic acid ,Copper ,Fluorescence ,Spectrometry, Fluorescence ,Microscopy, Fluorescence ,chemistry ,Cattle ,Titration ,Reactive Oxygen Species ,Plasmids ,Nuclear chemistry - Abstract
The interaction of a copper complexes containing Schiff bases with calf thymus (CT) DNA was investigated by spectroscopic methods. UV–vis, fluorescence and CD spectroscopies were conducted to assess their binding ability with CT DNA. The binding constants K have been estimated from 0.8 to 9.1 × 10 4 M −1 . The percentage of hypochromism is found to be over 70% (from spectral titrations). The results showed that the copper(II) complexes could bind to DNA with an intercalative mode. Synergic action of Cu(II) complexes with ascorbic acid against Candida albicans induced the generation of free radicals and increased (more than 60 times) antimicrobial effect of these complexes.
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- 2011