A FREE-RADICAL UBIQUITOUSLY ASSOCIATED WITH SENESCENCE IN PLANTS - EVIDENCE FOR A QUINONE

Authors
ATHERTON NM HENDRY GAF MOBIUS K ROHRER M TORRING JT
Citation
Nm. Atherton et al., A FREE-RADICAL UBIQUITOUSLY ASSOCIATED WITH SENESCENCE IN PLANTS - EVIDENCE FOR A QUINONE, Free radical research communications, 19(5), 1993, pp. 297-301
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Free radical research communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
87550199
Volume
19
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
297 - 301
Database
ISI
SICI code
8755-0199(1993)19:5<297:AFUAWS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The interpretation of EPR and ENDOR measurements on an organic free ra dical which appears to be a universal concomitant of senescence in pla nts is discussed. On the basis of EPR spectra obtained at 95 GHz it is speculated that the radical is derived from a quinone.