Selenium containing compounds from poison to drug candidates: A review on the GPx-like activity

Current Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-36

  Santi, Claudio ^a   Tidei, Caterina ^a   Scalera, Claudia ^a   Piroddi, Marta ^b   Galli, Francesco ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologia del Farmaco   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ebselen; Glutathione; ROS; Selenium; Selenoprots

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CYCLODEXTRIN; DIPHENYL DISELENIDE; EBSELEN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANOSELENIUM DERIVATIVE; PEROXIDE; POISON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SELENIDE; SELENIUM; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SELENOLATE; SELENOPROTEIN; SELENOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHILICITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; REVIEW; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84878652563     PISSN: 22127968     EISSN: 18723136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/2212796811307010003     Document Type: Review

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