Melanins from tetrahydroisoquinolines: Spectroscopic characteristics, scavenging activity and redox transfer properties

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 161-167

  Mosca, Luciana ^a   Blarzino, Carla ^a   Coccia, Raffaella ^a   Foppoli, Cesira ^b   Rosei, Maria Anna ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrogen peroxide; Melanin; Peroxidase; Superoxide anion; Tetrahydroisoquinolines

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEVODOPA; LIPOXYGENASE; MELANIN; PEROXIDASE; SCAVENGER; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MELANOGENESIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; ISOQUINOLINES; KINETICS; MELANINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUPEROXIDES;

ANIMALIA; OXY; PARKINSONIA;

EID: 0031973737     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(97)00211-6     Document Type: Article

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