ROLUL COBALAMINEI ÎN PROCESELE DE AUTOPURIFICARE RADICALICĂ ÎN MEDIUL ACVATIC

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to study the role of Cyanocobalamin (CNCbl) in aquatic ecosystems. The spectrophotometric method was used to determine the inhibition capacity and the concentration of OH radicals using PNDMA traps. As a result, it was found that, on the one hand, CNCbl is a reducing substance and leads to the consumption of oxidative equivalents, resulting in its oxidation. High inhibition capacity values and low OH radical values confirmed this. On the other hand, under irradiation, CNCbl can also act as a sensitizer. It actively absorbs photons in the UV and visible range, transitions to an excited state, and then transfers the electronic excitation energy to dissolved oxygen in water, forming active species such as singlet oxygen and superoxide radical anion. In the presence of protons, the superoxide radical anion is reduced to hydrogen peroxide, which generates OH radicals upon irradiation. From the obtained results, it can be seen that under the conditions of natural aquatic systems, CNCbl will not disturb the processes of radical self-purification.