Studies on the aerobic photooxidation of cysteine using riboflavin as a sensitizer: Evidence for the photogeneration of a superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 910-912

  Sarkar, Biswajit ^a   Das, Utpal ^a   Bhattacharyya, Subirnath ^a   Bose, Swapan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Photooxidation; Radicals; Riboflavin; Sensitizer

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MANNITOL; POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE; RIBOFLAVIN; SODIUM AZIDE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOOXIDATION;

EID: 0030867928     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.20.910     Document Type: Article

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