Circular dichroism of tocopherols versus tocotrienols

Chirality

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-43

  Mazzini, Francesco ^a   Pescitelli, Gennaro ^a   Di Bari, Lorenzo ^a   Netscher, Thomas ^b   Salvadori, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Research and Development   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Exciton coupled CD; Garcinoic acid; Molecular dynamics; TDDFT calculations; Tocols; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; LDS 751; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIMULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TOCOPHEROLS; TOCOTRIENOLS;

EID: 59849103131     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: 1520636X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.20591     Document Type: Article

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