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“This neuroprotection apparently relies on the inhibition of oxidative stress, because ascorbate prevented the pro‐oxidant action of the scavenging molecule quercetin , which occurred over the course of prolonged exposure, as is also seen with glutamate.”
Molecular nutrition & food research • 2007 | View Paper
“The antioxidative function of quercetin was enhanced by ascorbate even under conditions in which ascorbate functioned as a prooxidant when it was added alone.”
“The enhancement is attributed to the functions of ascorbate to reduce the oxidized quercetin and of quercetin to inhibit ascorbate photooxidation.”
“ Ascorbate was oxidized by illumination in the presence of quercetin.”
“However, in the presence of 40 μM quercetin, ascorbate promoted the suppression.”
“In scavenging, quercetin was oxidized and the oxidation was suppressed by ascorbate.”
“It is suggested that the cooperation of quercetin with ascorbate in photohemolysis is due to reduction of oxidized quercetin by ascorbate regenerating the flavonol.”
“The mutagenicity of quercetin was enhanced by the cytosolic fraction of liver extract (S100), or by ascorbate , and even more by the complete liver supernatant (S9) in the presence of cofactors (NADP and glucose-6-phosphate).”
The Journal of general virology • 1988 | View Paper
“ Ascorbate , superoxide dismutase, and, to a lesser extent, NADH and NADPH, all enhanced the mutagenic activity of quercetin in the absence of the mammalian-microsome (S9) system, but had no significant effect in the presence of the S9 mix.”