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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Oxidation of Mesalamine under Phenoloxidase- or Peroxidase-like Enzyme Catalysis.

Rimaz El Zein, Pompilia Ispas-Szabo, Maziar Jafari, Mohamed Siaj, Mircea Alexandru Mateescu

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rimaz El ZeinDepartment of Chemistry and Center CERMO-FC, Université du Québec à Montréal, Downtown Branch, P.O. Box 8888, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada.
Pompilia Ispas-SzaboDepartment of Chemistry and Center CERMO-FC, Université du Québec à Montréal, Downtown Branch, P.O. Box 8888, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7878-9804
Maziar JafariDepartment of Chemistry and Center CERMO-FC, Université du Québec à Montréal, Downtown Branch, P.O. Box 8888, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3165-781X
Mohamed SiajDepartment of Chemistry and Center CERMO-FC, Université du Québec à Montréal, Downtown Branch, P.O. Box 8888, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0499-4260
Mircea Alexandru MateescuDepartment of Chemistry and Center CERMO-FC, Université du Québec à Montréal, Downtown Branch, P.O. Box 8888, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5922-4701
Université du Québec à Montréal · CA

Funding

FRQNT fellowship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesalamine, also called 5-ASA (5-aminosalicylic acid), is a largely used anti-inflammatory agent and is a main choice to treat Ulcerative Colitis. This report is aimed to investigate enzymatic processes involved in the oxidation of mesalamine to better understand some of its side-effects. Oxidation with oxygen (catalyzed by ceruloplasmin) or with hydrogen peroxide (catalyzed by peroxidase or hemoglobin) showed that these oxidases, despite their different mechanisms of oxidation, could recognize mesalamine as a substrate and trigger its oxidation to a corresponding quinone-imine. These enzymes were chosen because they may recognize hydroquinone (a

Indexed as

Colitis, UlcerativeMesalamineAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalCatalysisHumansHydroquinonesIminesMonophenol MonooxygenaseOxidation-ReductionPeroxidasePeroxidasesQuinonesAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalHydroquinonesIminesMesalamineMonophenol MonooxygenasePeroxidasePeroxidasesQuinones5-ASA (5-aminosalicylic acid)acetaminophenceruloplasminhemoglobinhydrogen peroxidehydroquinoneinflammatory bowel diseaseslaccasemesalamineperoxidase

Identifiers

PMID38138595
PMCPMC10871084
OpenAlexW4389794772

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