Redox chemistry and chemical biology of H2S, hydropersulfides, and derived species: Implications of their possible biological activity and utility

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-94

  Ono, Katsuhiko ^a   Akaike, Takaaki ^b   Sawa, Tomohiro ^b   Kumagai, Yoshito ^c   Wink, David A ^d   Tantillo, Dean J ^e   Hobbs, Adrian J ^f   Nagy, Peter ^g   Xian, Ming ^h   Lin, Joseph ^a   Fukuto, Jon M ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

^h WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen sulfide; Persulfides; Polysulfides; Thiol redox; Thiols

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METAL; PEROXIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; DISULFIDE;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHILICITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOPHILICITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DISULFIDES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84908432800     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: 18734596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.09.007     Document Type: Review

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