Affiliations: Department of Pharmacology, St. John's Medical
College, Bangalore 560 034, India | Department of Biochemistry and Solid State &
Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012,
India
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Biochemistry and Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute
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Abstract: Treatment of coenzyme Q with ozone yielded a degradation product
having unmodified ring that retained its spectral characteristics and a
truncated side-chain that made it water-soluble. This derivative, but not the
intact lipid-quinone, showed relaxation of phenylephrine-contracted rat
arterial rings. This effect offers an explanation for the known hypotensive
action of exogenous coenzyme Q regardless of its side-chain length.
Keywords: coenzyme Q, ubiquinone, relaxation of arterial rings, water-soluble degradation product, BP lowering effect
Journal: BioFactors, vol. 18, no. 1-4, pp. 137-143, 2003
