Lipid Hydroperoxide-Derived Modification of Biomolecules

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kato, Yoji (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Subcellular Biochemistry, 77
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Food > Biotechnology.; Posttranslational modification.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Posttranslational Modification.; Food Science.

This volume focusses on oxidative modifications of lipid molecules and the successive generation of singlet oxygen. The book also covers the secondary adductions of these reactive species with proteins and aminophospholipids. During lipid peroxidation, the initial event is the formation of lipid hyd...