Photochemical and photobiological studies of tirapazamine (SR 4233) and related quinoxaline 1,4-di-N-oxide analogues

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 164-170

  Inbaraj, J Johnson ^a   Motten, Ann G ^a   Chignell, Colin F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 QUINOXALINECARBONITRILE 1,4 DI N OXIDE; 5,5 DIMETHYL 1 PYRROLINE 1 OXIDE; 5,5 DIMETHYL 2 OXOPYRROLINE 1 OXYL; ACETONITRILE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITROXIDE; OXAZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PLASMID DNA; QUINDOXIN; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SINGLET OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE; TIRAPAZAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSENSITIZATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AZIDES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; GLUTATHIONE; NAD; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOLYSIS; PLASMIDS; QUINOXALINES; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; SINGLET OXYGEN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPIN LABELS; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0037327645     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx0256073     Document Type: Article

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