The biosynthesis of erythroascorbate in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its role as an antioxidant

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-192

  Spickett, Corinne M ^a   Smirnoff, Nicholas ^b   Pitt, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Ascorbate; Electrospray mass spectrometry; Erythroascorbate; Free radicals; Glutathione; Oxidative Stress; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE OXIDASE; ASCORBIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL GROWTH; DRUG OXIDATION; EXTRACTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ARABINOSE; ASCORBIC ACID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KINETICS; OXIDANTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SUGAR ACIDS; TERT-BUTYLHYDROPEROXIDE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033966137     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(99)00214-2     Document Type: Article

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