ABSTRACT
Effect of seven structurally similar N, N-dimethyl-(4-hydroxyaryl)alkylammonium chlorides in the presence and in the absence of hydrogen peroxide on the survival of E. coli cells AB1157 and its isogenic strain BH910 defective in genes of repair enzymes has been analyzed. Among the studied compounds only chloride of N,N-dimethyl-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)ammonium (C1) has no cytotoxic properties and increases the survive of the cells of both strains in the presence of H2O2 better than trolox (water soluble analog of alpha-tocopherol). C1 analogs: 3-methyl-(5-di(tert-butyl)-4-hydroxybenzyl) and 3-(3,5-di(tert-butyl)-4-hydroxyphenyl)propyl)amines derivatives effectively protected from H2O2 only mutant cells BH910. Among the structural analogs of C1 cytotoxicity increases at substitution of methyl groups in aromatic cycle by tert-butyl and cyclohexyl groups. Only C1 among the seven new compounds is the most promising antioxidant for the subsequent more detailed analysis.
