Hydrogen abstraction from neurotransmitters by active oxygen species facilitated by intramolecular hydrogen bonding in the radical intermediates

Kei Ohkubo, Yoshihiko Moro-Oka, Shunichi Fukuzumi

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Abstract

The reactivity of neurotransmitters toward hydrogen abstraction by an active oxygen species (the cumylperoxyl radical) is comparable to that of a strong antioxidant such as catechin due to the strong intramolecular hydrogen bonding, which has been successfully detected by ESR.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)999-1001
Number of pages3
JournalOrganic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Volume4
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

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