Synthesis and structure elucidation of estrogen quinones conjugated with cysteine, N-acetylcysteine, and glutathione

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 909-916

  Cao, Kai ^a   Stack, Douglas E ^a   Ramanathan, Ragulan ^b   Gross, Michael L ^b   Rogan, Eleanor G ^a   Cavalieri, Ercole L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; CYSTEINE; ESTROGEN; GLUTATHIONE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; DETOXIFICATION; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GLUCURONIDATION; METHYLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SULFATION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CYSTEINE; ESTROGENS, CATECHOL; GLUTATHIONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUINONES;

EID: 0031843615     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx9702291     Document Type: Article

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