Mitochondrial production of oxygen radical species and the role of Coenzyme Q as an antioxidant

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 228, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 506-513

  Genova, Maria Luisa ^a   Pich, Milena Merlo ^a   Biondi, Annalisa ^a   Bernacchia, Andrea ^a   Falasca, Anna ^b   Bovina, Carla ^a   Formiggini, Gabriella ^a   Castelli, Giovanna Parenti ^a   Lenaz, Giorgio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c Dipto di Biochim Giovanni Moruzzi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coenzyme Q; Complex I; Mitochondria; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UBIQUINONE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); MYXOTHIAZOL; SUPEROXIDE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL PROTECTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; AGING; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; GENE MUTATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BINDING SITES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 0141792570     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/15353702-0322805-14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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