Critical aspects of the antioxidant function of coenzyme Q in biomembranes

BioFactors

Volumn 9, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 155-161

  Nohl, Hans ^a   Gille, Lars ^a   Kozlov, Andrey V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Liposomes; Reactive oxygen species; Spin trapping; Ubiquinol; Ubiquinone; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; LIPOSOME; RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UBIQUINONE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; ENZYME MECHANISM; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SPIN TRAPPING;

EID: 0033055268     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520090210     Document Type: Article

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