Electrochemical reactivity of homocysteine at mercury electrodes as compared with cysteine

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-51

  Heyrovský, Michael ^a   Vavřička, Stanislav ^b  

^a J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Homocysteine; Mercury electrodes

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTRODES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; REDUCTION;

CYSTEINE;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

COBALT; COPPER; CYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROGEN; MERCURY; METAL COMPLEX; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLAROGRAPHY; POTENTIOMETRY;

CATALYSIS; COBALT; CYSTEINE; ELECTRODES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROGEN; MERCURY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLAROGRAPHY;

EID: 0344267761     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-4598(98)00225-6     Document Type: Article

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