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Review
. 1990;29(4):263-71.
doi: 10.1007/BF01210407.

Reaction of thiyl radicals with alcohols, ethers and polyunsaturated fatty acids: a possible role of thiyl free radicals in thiol mutagenesis?

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Reaction of thiyl radicals with alcohols, ethers and polyunsaturated fatty acids: a possible role of thiyl free radicals in thiol mutagenesis?

C Schöneich et al. Radiat Environ Biophys. 1990.

Abstract

Possible reactions of thiyl free radicals in biological environment are reviewed. In particular hydrogen transfer processes from model C-H compounds like alcohols and ethers as well as from polyunsaturated fatty acids to thiyl radicals are described to proceed with reasonably high rate constants (10(3)-10(4) and 10(6)-10(7) M-1 s-1, respectively). Thiyl radicals have thus to be considered as potentially hazardous species especially with respect to DNA damage and lipid peroxidation.

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