Tocopheryl quinones and mitochondria

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 601-615

  Gille, Lars ^a   Staniek, Katrin ^a   Rosenau, Thomas ^b   Catharina Duvigneau, J ^a   Kozlov, Andrey V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

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

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Mitochondria; Reactive oxygen species; Tocopherols; Tocopheryl quinones

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOPHERYLQUINONE; ANTIOXIDANT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FREE RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TOCOPHEROL; TOCOPHEROXY RADICAL;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONS; FREE RADICALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TOCOPHEROLS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 77952331763     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200900386     Document Type: Review

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