Possible mechanisms of fullerene C 60 antioxidant action.

Novel mechanism of antioxidant activity of buckminsterfullerene C¿¿ based on protons absorbing and mild uncoupling of mitochondrial respiration and phosphorylation was postulated. In the present study we confirm this hypothesis using computer modeling based on Density Functional Theory. Fullerene's...

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Published in:BioMed Research International Vol. 2013; pp. 821498 - 821499
Main Authors: Chistyakov, V A, Smirnova, Yu O, Prazdnova, E V, Soldatov, A V
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2013
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