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Biochemical studies of pigments from a pathogenic fungus;Microsporum cookei VI. Formation of a xanthomegnin-bypass to the mitochondrial electron transport system

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Enzymatic redox response of xanthomegnin was studied by means of rat liver mitochondria and the possibility of a xanthomegnin-bypass to mitochondrial electron transport system is suggested.

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Kawai, K., Nozawa, Y. Biochemical studies of pigments from a pathogenic fungus;Microsporum cookei VI. Formation of a xanthomegnin-bypass to the mitochondrial electron transport system. Experientia 35, 721–722 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01968202

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