Reactions of halogen-substituted aziridinylbenzoquinones with glutathione: Formation of diglutathionyl conjugates and semiquinones

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 137-154

  Giulivi, Cecilia ^a   Forlin, Angela ^a   Bellin, Stefano ^a   Cadenas, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Azirinidylbenzoquinones; EPR; Glutathione; Glutathione conjugates; NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase; Semiquinones

Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINYLBENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; HALOGEN; SEMIQUINONE; SULFIDE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONJUGATE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AZIRIDINES; BENZOQUINONES; CATALASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUTATHIONE; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0032579346     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2797(97)00104-X     Document Type: Article

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