Reactivities of flavonoids with different hydroxyl substituents for the cleavage of DNA in the presence of Cu(II)

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 609-612

  Jain, Aparna ^a   Martin, M C ^b   Parveen, Nazneen ^a   Khan, N U ^a   Parish, J H ^b   Hadi, S M ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA cleavage; Flavonoids; Hydroxyl substituents

Indexed keywords

7,8 DIHYDROFLAVONE; COPPER ION; FLAVONOID; HYDROXYL GROUP; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA STRAND; GENOTOXICITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

COPPER; DNA; FLAVONOIDS; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROXYL RADICAL;

EID: 0032753836     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199911)13:7<609::AID-PTR566>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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