One-electron reduction potentials of 5-indoxyl radicals: a pulse radiolysis and laser photolysis study

1990 ◽  
Vol 94 (9) ◽  
pp. 3583-3588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slobodan V. Jovanovic ◽  
Steen. Steenken ◽  
Michael G. Simic
Keyword(s):  
Pulse Radiolysis ◽  
Laser Photolysis ◽  
Reduction Potentials ◽  
Electron Reduction

scholarly journals Inhibition of plant fatty acid synthesis by nitroimidazoles

1981 ◽  
Vol 198 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
A V Jones ◽  
J L Harwood ◽  
M R Stratford ◽  
P K Stumpf
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Fatty Acid Synthesis ◽  
Soluble Fraction ◽  
Acid Synthesis ◽  
Long Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Reduction Potentials ◽  
Marked Inhibition ◽  
Mechanism Of Inhibition ◽  
Pea Seeds ◽  
Electron Reduction

1. The effect of the addition of a number of nitroimidazoles was tested on fatty acid synthesis by germinating pea seeds, isolated lettuce chloroplasts and a soluble fraction from pea seeds. 2. All the compounds tested had a marked inhibition on stearate desaturation by lettuce chloroplasts and on the synthesis of very-long-chain fatty acids by pea seeds. 3. In contrast, the effect of the drugs on total fatty acid synthesis from [14C]acetate in chloroplasts was related to the compound's electron reduction potentials. 4. Of the compounds used, only metronidazole had a marked inhibition on palmitate elongation in the systems tested. 5. The mechanism of inhibition of plant fatty acid synthesis by nitroimidazoles is discussed and the possible relevance of these findings to their neurotoxicity is suggested.

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