Ascorbate regeneration by the reduced form of 2-amino-3-carboxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, a strong growth stimulator for bifidobacteria

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 5643-5648

  Yamazaki, Shin Ichi ^a   Iwasa, Kazumichi ^a   Kano, Kenji ^a   Ikeda, Tokuji ^a   Taketomo, Naoki ^b   Kaneko, Tsutomu ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 Amino 3 carboxy 1,4 naphthoquinone; Ascorbic acid; Bifidobacteria; Dehydroascorbic acid; Diaphorase; Growth stimulator; NAD+ regeneration

Indexed keywords

1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE; 2 AMINO 3 CARBOXY 1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE; 2-AMINO-3-CARBOXY-1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONE; ASCORBIC ACID; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; GROWTH PROMOTOR; NAPHTHOQUINONE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SCHIFF BASE;

ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GROWTH STIMULATION; KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; REDUCTION;

ASCORBIC ACID; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; NADP; NAPHTHOQUINONES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM;

EID: 0033673124     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf000684u     Document Type: Article

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