The antioxidant role of xanthurenic acid in the Aedes aegypti midgut during digestion of a blood meal.

The antioxidant role of xanthurenic acid in the Aedes aegypti midgut during digestion of a blood meal.

In the midgut of the mosquito Aedes aegypti, a vector of dengue and yellow fever, an intense release of heme and iron takes place during the digestion of a blood meal. Here, we demonstrated via chromatography, light absorption and mass spectrometry that xanthurenic acid (XA), a product of the oxidat...

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Main Authors: Vitor L A Lima, Felipe Dias, Rodrigo D Nunes, Luiza O Pereira, Tiago S R Santos, Luciana B Chiarini, Tadeu D Ramos, Bernardo J Silva-Mendes, Jonas Perales, Richard H Valente, Pedro L Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3372515?pdf=render

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