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n. - Any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins.

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  • New benzoquinone-based antioxidants nächste Meldung
  • The remaining 20% is converted to a highly reactive compound known as n-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine, otherwise known as NAPQI for short.
  • Moreover, based on these considerations, we suggest that ligands with dihydroxyphenyl (or 1,2 benzoquinone) groups could be selected for further non-covalent binding assays.
  • We thus propose that the dihydroxyphenyl group (or 1,2 benzoquinone as in some dopamine derivatives, like dopaminochrome) may play an important role for binding to...
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