Triple-bonded unsaturated fatty acids are redox active compounds

Authors
Peterson, DA Reeve, HL Nelson, D Archer, SL Weir, EK
Citation
Da. Peterson et al., Triple-bonded unsaturated fatty acids are redox active compounds, LIPIDS, 36(4), 2001, pp. 431-433
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Agricultural Chemistry","Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
LIPIDS
ISSN journal
00244201 → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
431 - 433
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-4201(200104)36:4<431:TUFAAR>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Unsaturated fatty acids with triple bonds are used as inhibitors of unsatur ated fatty acid metabolism or cytochrome P450 reactions because they are be lieved to be chemically inert. In this paper we use in vitro cytochrome C r eduction to show that two commonly used triple-bonded unsaturated fatty aci ds are in fact potent electron transfer agents and could affect the multipl e cellular systems that are redox-modulated.