PMID- 23768324 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131231 LR - 20130617 IS - 1873-7072 (Electronic) IS - 0308-8146 (Linking) VI - 141 IP - 1 DP - 2013 Nov 1 TI - Spectroscopic studies on the interaction of sodium benzoate, a food preservative, with calf thymus DNA. PG - 41-7 LID - S0308-8146(13)00296-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.02.122 [doi] AB - The interaction between sodium benzoate (SB) and calf thymus DNA in simulated physiological buffer (pH 7.4) using acridine orange (AO) dye as a fluorescence probe, was investigated by UV-Vis absorption, fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy along with DNA melting studies and viscosity measurements. An expanded UV-Vis spectral data matrix was resolved by multivariate curve resolution-alternating least squares (MCR-ALS) approach. The equilibrium concentration profiles and the pure spectra for SB, DNA and DNA-SB complex from the high overlapping composite response were simultaneously obtained. The results indicated that SB could bind to DNA, and hydrophobic interactions and hydrogen bonds played a vital role in the binding process. Moreover, SB was able to quench the fluorescence of DNA-AO complex through a static procedure. The quenching observed was indicative of an intercalative mode of interaction between SB and DNA, which was supported by melting studies, viscosity measurements and CD analysis. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhang, Guowen AU - Zhang G AD - State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, No. 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, Jiangxi, China. gwzhang@ncu.edu.cn FAU - Ma, Yadi AU - Ma Y LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130314 PL - England TA - Food Chem JT - Food chemistry JID - 7702639 RN - 0 (Fluorescent Dyes) RN - 0 (Food Preservatives) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - 91080-16-9 (calf thymus DNA) RN - F30N4O6XVV (Acridine Orange) RN - OJ245FE5EU (Sodium Benzoate) SB - IM MH - Acridine Orange MH - Animals MH - Cattle MH - Circular Dichroism MH - DNA/*chemistry MH - Fluorescent Dyes/chemistry MH - Food Preservatives/*chemistry MH - Kinetics MH - Sodium Benzoate/*chemistry MH - Spectrum Analysis EDAT- 2013/06/19 06:00 MHDA- 2014/01/01 06:00 CRDT- 2013/06/18 06:00 PHST- 2012/10/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/01/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/02/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/06/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/06/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/01/01 06:00 [medline] AID - S0308-8146(13)00296-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.02.122 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Food Chem. 2013 Nov 1;141(1):41-7. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.02.122. Epub 2013 Mar 14.