Ubiquinone and tocopherol: Dissimilar siblings

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-302

  Gille, L ^a   Rosenau, T ^b   Kozlov, A V ^c   Gregor, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c AUVA Soziale Unfallversicherung   (Austria)

Author keywords

Tocopherol; Tocopheryl quinone; Electron transfer; Ubichromanol; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOPHERYLQUINONE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHROMAN DERIVATIVE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; N TERT BUTYL ALPHA PHENYLNITRONE; PEROXY RADICAL; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UBICHROMANOL; UBIQUINONE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE CONTROL; ISOMERIZATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TARGET CELL; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BINDING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 46649100456     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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