The chemical and biological activities of quinones: Overview and implications in analytical detection

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-370

  El Najjar, Nahed ^a   Gali Muhtasib, Hala ^b   Ketola, Raimo A ^a   Vuorela, Pia ^c   Urtti, Arto ^a   Vuorela, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chemotherapeutic agents; Labeled compounds analysis; One electron reduction; Quinone; Two electron reduction

Indexed keywords

BETA LAPACHONE; HYDROQUINONE; MENADIONE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN K (8A); VITAMIN K GROUP;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOPHILICITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 85027947201     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-011-9209-1     Document Type: Article

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