Project PN-III-P1-1_1-TE-2021-0655
New chromatographic approaches for evaluation of the antioxidant/prooxidant profile of redox-active drugs

Objectives and activities
Objective 1
Development of a micro-HPTLC-IA protocol for accurate evaluation of the total antioxidant potential (TAP) of redox-active drugs
Activity 1.1.
Optimization of the chromatographic conditions and image processing parameters for the accurate evaluation of total antioxidant capacity in micro-HPTLC method for both DPPH • and ABTS •+ protocols.
Activity 1.2.
Validation of the developed micro-HPTLC-IA method - determination of the method performance parameters (linearity range; limit of quantification (LOQ); limit of detection (LOD); accuracy; precision and robustness).
Objective 2
Development of a HPTLC-IA protocol for accurate evaluation of antioxidant/pro-oxidant potential of redox-active drugs after their in-vitro interaction with different substrates
Activity 2.1.
Optimization of the chromatographic conditions and image processing parameters for the evaluation of antioxidant capacity on different binding substrates using the classical HPTLC method.
Activity 2.2.
Validation of the developed HPTLC-IA protocol for the evaluation of antioxidant potential on different binding substrates.
Activity 2.3.
Evaluation of the antioxidant/prooxidant capacity of adrenergic drugs both in aqueous medium and on simulated binding substrates.
Activity 2.4.
Evaluation of the possible synergistic effect of combinations of adrenergic drugs with catecholamines
Objective 3
Evaluation of the antioxidant/pro-oxidant/synergistic potential of selected adrenergic drugs based on their radical-scavenging profile in different in-vitro simulated physiological conditions
Activity 3.1.
Evaluation of the antioxidant potential of adrenergic drugs based on the results obtained within the developed chromatographic methods and their comparison with results from established reference methods.