The antibiotic ceftazidime is a singlet oxygen quencher as demonstrated by ultra-weak chemiluminescence and by inhibition of AAP consumption - Deby-Dupont, Ginette; Deby, Carol; Mouithys-Mickalad, Ange; Hoebeke, Maryse; Mathy-Hartert, Marianne; Jadoul, Luc; Vandenberghe, Alain; Lamy, Maurice (Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1998)
Keywords: Anthracene-9,10-dipropionic acid; Anthracenes - metabolism; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotic; Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology; Biochimie, biophysique & biologie moléculaire; Ceftazidime; Ceftazidime - metabolism; Cephalosporins - metabolism; Chemiluminescent Measurements; Free Radical Scavengers - metabolism; Histidine - metabolism; Hydrogen peroxide; Hydrogen Peroxide - metabolism; Hypochlorous acid; Hypochlorous Acid - metabolism; Life sciences; Light; Luminescent Measurements; Oxygen - metabolism; Photosensitivity Disorders; Propionates - metabolism; Reactive Oxygen Species - metabolism; Rose Bengal; Rose Bengal - metabolism; Sciences du vivant; Singlet Oxygen; Sodium Azide - metabolism; Spectrophotometry; Ultraweak chemiluminescence; Anthracene-9,10-dipropionic acid; Ultraweak chemiluminescence; Hydrogen peroxide; Hypochlorous acid; CL: Chemiluminescence; PMN(s): Polymorphonuclear leucocyte(s); Rose Bengal; RB: Rose Bengal; Antibiotic; uwCL: Ultra weak chemiluminescence; Singlet oxygen; CAZ: Ceftazidime; AAP: Anthracene-9,10-dipropionic acid; Ceftazidime; luCL: Luminol-mediated chemiluminescence