Abstract: Methods and compositions for detecting free radicals, the compositions being spin trapping compounds comprising a nitrone having a detecting moiety and optionally having a targeting moiety for targeting the nitrone to an organ, a cell, an organelle or a molecule of interest for directly detecting free radicals, especially free radicals in biological samples.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 24, 2008
Date of Patent:
March 27, 2012
Assignees:
Medical Collage of Wisconsin, Inc., Université de Provence
Inventors:
Micael Joel Hardy, Marcos Lopez, Balaraman Kalyanaraman, Neil Hogg, Olivier Ouari, Paul Tordo