Interaction of enkephalin derivatives with reactive oxygen species

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1525, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 43-49

  Coccia, Raffaella ^a   Foppoli, Cesira ^b   Blarzino, Carla ^a   De Marco, Carlo ^a   Rosei, Maria Anna ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cysteinyldopa; Cysteinyldopaenkephalin; Enkephalin; Pheomelanin; Reactive oxygen species; Scavenger

Indexed keywords

2 S CYSTEINYLDOPAENKEPHALIN; 5 S CYSTEINYLDOPAENKEPHALIN; CYSTEINYLDOPA; ENKEPHALIN DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN DERIVATIVE; MANNITOL; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OPIATE PEPTIDE; PEROXY RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAVENGING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ENKEPHALINS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MELANINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEROXIDES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDES;

LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0035895724     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(00)00169-0     Document Type: Article

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