[Antioxidant and membranoprotective properties of trolox].

The antioxidant and membranoprotective properties of trolox have been studied in vitro. It is established that trolox possesses antioxidant properties, inhibiting ascorbate-dependent lipid peroxidation of liver homogenates and Fe(2+)-induced lipid chemiluminescence of egg-yolk lipids. In addition, trolox exhibits a broad spectrum of antiradical activity and interacts with stable free 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical so as to reduce the generation of luminol radicals and reactive oxygen species and to bind peroxy radicals.