Bioquímica e ação citotóxica de alfa-aminocetonas endógenas Biochemistry and cytotoxicity of alpha-aminoketones

<abstract language="eng">alpha-Aminoketones are expected to undergo enolization and subsequent aerobic oxidation yielding oxyradicals and highly toxic a-oxoaldehydes. Our interest has been focused on two endogenous a-aminoketones: 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and aminoacetone (AA), ac...

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Main Authors: Fernando Dutra, Etelvino J. H. Bechara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2005-06-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422005000300021