Effects of 1,4-naphthoquinone derivative
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Ellen Kruger-Zeitzer; Stephen Gene Sullivan; Arnold Stern; Rex Munday
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Article
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1990
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The effect on red blood cell metabolism of a series of substituted 1,4-naphthoquinones has been investigated. 2-Methoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone was found to be a potent oxidative compound, generating hydrogen peroxide in erythrocytes and causing both methemoglobin formation and glutathione depletion in t