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Content of carotenoids and the state of tissue antioxidant enzymatic complex in bivalve mollusc Anadara inaequivalvis Br.

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This work deals with studies on the content of carotenoids, the state of antioxidant (AO) enzymatic complex, and the intensity of lipid peroxidation in tissues (hepatopancreas, gill, and foot) of the Black Sea bivalve mollusc Anadara inaequivalvis. Tissues with a high content of the pigment have been established to have a low activity of the key AO enzymes: superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione reductase, as well as an elevated content of reduced glutathione (R 2 = 0.81–0.97). The differences of the recorded activities between the tissues reached 1.7–2.9 times (p < 0.05–0.01). At increased concentrations (more than 2.5 mg · 100 g−1 tissue), carotenoids show an insignificant pro-oxidant effect manifested in a rise of glutathione peroxidase activity. The competitive interrelations between these molecular complexes for the same kinds of reactive oxygen species (O2, OH·, and 1O2) are discussed.

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    O. L. Gostyukhina, A. A. Soldatov, I. V. Golovina & A. V. Borodina

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Original Russian Text © O.L. Gostyukhina, A.A. Soldatov, I.V. Golovina, A.V. Borodina, 2012, published in Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, 2012, Vol. 48, No. 6, pp. 542–547.

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Gostyukhina, O.L., Soldatov, A.A., Golovina, I.V. et al. Content of carotenoids and the state of tissue antioxidant enzymatic complex in bivalve mollusc Anadara inaequivalvis Br.. J Evol Biochem Phys 49, 309–315 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0022093013030055

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