Ascorbic acid oxidation of thiol groups from dithiotreitol is mediated by its conversion to dehydroascorbic acid

EXCLI Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 604-612

  Barbosa, Nilda B V ^a   Lissner, Leandro A ^a   Klimaczewski, Cláudia V ^a   Colpo, Elisangela ^a,b   Rocha, Joao B T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO FRANCISCANO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Free radicals; Oxidation reduction; Thiol groups; ALA D

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; DITHIOTHREITOL; EDETIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; MORPHOLINEPROPANESULFONIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOOXIDATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME MECHANISM; FENTON REACTION; OXIDATION KINETICS; PHASE TRANSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84984592185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16112156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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