Identification of nekoflavin as 7α-hydroxyriboflavin

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 441-447

  Matsui, Kunio ^a,c   Kasai, Sabu ^b  

^a OSAKA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

7 cyano 7 demethylriboflavin; 7 aminoriboflavin; 7 hydroxyriboflavin; Nekoflavin

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CHOROID; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029944854     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021261     Document Type: Article

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