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Quinones and quinone enzymes. Part B [electronic resource] / edited by Helmut Sies, Lester Packer. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, �2004. - 1 online resource (xxxviii, 572 pages, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color). - Methods in enzymology, v. 382 0076-6879 ; . - Methods in enzymology ; v. 382. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section I. Mitochondrial ubiquinone and reductases -- Section II. Anticancer quinones and quinone oxidoreductases -- Section III. Quinone reductases: chemoprevention and nutrition -- Section IV. Quinones and age-related diseases.

Quinones are members of a class of aromatic compounds with two oxygen atoms bonded to the ring as carbonyl groups. This volume covers more clinical aspects of quinines, such as anticancer properties, as well as their role in nutrition and in age-related diseases.

ISBN: 9780080497204 (electronic bk.) 0080497209 (electronic bk.) 0121827860 (electronic bk.) 9780121827861 (electronic bk.) 1281011495 9781281011497

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Quinone.
Enzymes.
Quinones.
Quinone Reductases.
Amine Oxidoreductases.
Xenobiotics--metabolism.
Ubiquinone.
Antineoplastic Agents.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Biochemistry.
Enzymes.
Quinone.
Biof�isica.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QP601 / .C733eb pt. B

Dewey Class. No.: 572/.7