Glutathione conjugates of 2- or 6-substituted 5,8-dimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives: Formation and structure

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 384-390

  Zheng, Xiang Guo ^a   Kang, Jong Seong ^a   Kim, Yong ^a   You, Young Jae ^a   Jin, Guang Zhu ^b   Ahn, Byung Zun ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

5,8 Dimethoxy 1,4 naphthoquinone derivatives; Glutathione conjugates

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NAPHTHOQUINONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DRUG DESIGN; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0033176278     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02979062     Document Type: Article

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