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Resveratrol, a polyphenolic compound of plant origin, has been of much interest to researchers because of its anticancer and cardiovascular properties. Although antioxidant action of this compound is believed responsible for its reported properties, it has also been shown to exhibit prooxidant properties, especially in the presence of copper ions. Here we report the mutagenicity of resveratrol in...
Bilirubin and its metabolic precursor biliverdin are heme degradation products but have been proposed as physiological antioxidants. Reports from another laboratory as well as from ours have shown bilirubin to form a complex with the transition metal ion-Cu(II). Such a complex was shown by us to cause oxidative DNA damage. Further, biliverdin was also shown to be capable of causing similar DNA damage...
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