Metilglioxal: uma toxina endógena? Is methylglyoxal an endogenous toxin?

<abstract language="eng">Methylglyoxal is a very reactive &#945;-oxoaldehyde putatively produced by glycolysis, cytochrome P450-catalyzed acetone oxidation and aminoacetone oxidation. Methylglyoxal has been pointed as a substrate for the glyoxalase system ultimately energy-yieldi...

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Main Authors: Adriano Sartori, Etelvino José Henriques Bechara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2010-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422010001000032