Quinones and quinone enzymes. Part B /

• Other Authors: Sies, H. (Helmut), 1942-, Packer, Lester
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2004.
• Series: Methods in enzymology ; v. 382.
• Subjects: Quinone.; Enzymes.; SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biochemistry.; Biofísica.; Quinones [MESH]; Quinone Reductases [MESH]; Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors [MESH]; Xenobiotics > metabolism [MESH]; Ubiquinone [MESH]; Antineoplastic Agents [MESH]; Electronic books.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxviii, 572 pages, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780080497204; 0080497209; 0121827860; 9780121827861
• ISSN: 0076-6879 ;

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.