Quercetin may act as a cytotoxic prooxidant after its metabolic activation to semiquinone and quinoidal product

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 107-116

  Metodiewa, Diana ^a   Jaiswal, Anil K ^c   Cenas, Narimantas ^b   Dickancaité, Egle ^b   Segura Aguilar, Juan ^a,d  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Department of Biochemistry ^*  (Lithuania)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Free radical; O Quinone; Oxidation; Quercetin; Reduction; Semiquinone radicals; Viability

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; QUERCETIN; QUINOIDAL; SEMIQUINONE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CYTOTOXICITY; DIET; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345148810     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(98)00167-1     Document Type: Article

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