Structural determinant of chemical reactivity and potential health effects of quinones from natural products

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1527-1539

  Tu, Tingting ^a   Giblin, Daryl ^a   Gross, Michael L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3',4' DIHYDROXYFLAVANONE; 4' HYDROXYFLAVONE; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ERIODICTYOL; FLAVANONE; FLAVONE; LUTEOLIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; NUCLEOPHILE; PURINE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; DNA MODIFICATION; HALF LIFE TIME; HEALTH HAZARD; HYDRATION; MACROMOLECULE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICHAEL ADDITION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OXIDATION; PH; PROTON TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; CATTLE; DNA; DNA ADDUCTS; FLAVANONES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PURINES; QUINONES;

EID: 80053026649     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx200140s     Document Type: Article

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