Neurotoxicity and underlying mechanisms of endogenous neurotoxins

Y Cao, B Li, N Ismail, K Smith, T Li, R Dai… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Endogenous and exogenous neurotoxins are important factors leading to
neurodegenerative diseases. In the 1980s, the discovery that 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6 …

The epigenetic mechanisms involved in mitochondrial dysfunction: Implication for Parkinson's disease

Z Chen, M Rasheed, Y Deng - Brain Pathology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondrial dysfunction is one of the crucial factors involved in PD's pathogenicity, which
emerges from a combination of genetic and environmental factors. These factors cause …

Antimalarial quinoline drugs inhibit β-hematin and increase free hemin catalyzing peroxidative reactions and inhibition of cysteine proteases

T Herraiz, H Guillén, D González-Peña, VJ Arán - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Malaria caused by Plasmodium affects millions people worldwide. Plasmodium consumes
hemoglobin during its intraerythrocytic stage leaving toxic heme. Parasite detoxifies free …

Identification, formation, and occurrence of perlolyrine: A β-carboline alkaloid with a furan moiety in foods

T Herraiz, A Peña, A Salgado - Journal of Agricultural and Food …, 2023 - ACS Publications
β-Carbolines are naturally occurring bioactive alkaloids found in foods and in vivo. This
research reports the identification, characterization, mechanism of formation, and …

Formation, Characterization, and Occurrence of β-Carboline Alkaloids Derived from α-Dicarbonyl Compounds and l-Tryptophan

T Herraiz, A Peña, H Mateo, M Herraiz… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - ACS Publications
β-Carbolines (βCs) are naturally occurring bioactive alkaloids, whereas α-dicarbonyl
compounds are reactive substances generated in foods and in vivo. In this work, l …

Monoamine oxidase‐a inhibition and associated antioxidant activity in plant extracts with potential antidepressant actions

T Herraiz, H Guillén - BioMed research international, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Monoamine oxidase (MAO) catalyzes the oxidative deamination of amines and
neurotransmitters and is involved in mood disorders, depression, oxidative stress, and …

Identification, occurrence and activity of quinazoline alkaloids in Peganum harmala

T Herraiz, H Guillén, VJ Arán, A Salgado - Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
Peganum harmala L. is a medicinal plant from the Mediterranean region and Asia currently
used for recreative psychoactive purposes (Ayahuasca analogue), and increasingly …

β-Carboline alkaloids in soy sauce and inhibition of monoamine oxidase (MAO)

T Herraiz - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Monoamine oxidase (MAO) oxidizes neurotransmitters and xenobiotic amines, including
vasopressor and neurotoxic amines such as the MPTP neurotoxin. Its inhibitors are useful as …

Analysis of monoamine oxidase (MAO) enzymatic activity by high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection combined with an assay of oxidation with …

T Herraiz, A Flores, L Fernández - Journal of Chromatography B, 2018 - Elsevier
Monoamine oxidase (MAO) enzymes catalyze the oxidative deamination of biogenic amines
and neurotransmitters and produce ammonia, aldehydes, and hydrogen peroxide which is …

Occurrence, Formation from d-Fructose and 3-Deoxyglucosone, and Activity of the Carbohydrate-Derived β-Carbolines in Foods

T Herraiz, F Vera - Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
β-Carbolines are naturally occurring bioactive alkaloids. In this work, carbohydrate-derived β-
carbolines (βCs), 1-(1, 3, 4, 5-tetrahydroxypent-1-yl)-β-carboline isomers (1a/b), 1-(1, 4, 5 …