Influence of Solvent Polarity and DNA-Binding on Spectral Properties of Quaternary Benzo[c]phenanthridine Alkaloids
Fig 4
Absorbance and fluorescence spectra of QBAs in absence and presence of ctDNA.
QBAs (3 μM in 20mM acetate buffer, 200 mM NaCl, 2mM EDTA, pH 5) in absence (—) and presence (…) of ctDNA (DNA base pair-to-drug ratio 15.9:1). a-f–absorption spectra, g-l–emission spectra; a, g–sanguinarine, b, h–chelerythrine, c, i–chelirubine, d, j–sanguilutine, e, k–sanguirubine, f, l–macarpine. Note that intensities are in arbitrary units due to conversion to wavenumber scale using Eq (1).