The relative efficiency of radicals in radiation damage to deoxyribose

Vangapally Surender Rao*, Sara Goldstein, Gidon Czapski

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Abstract

The radiation damage to Deoxyribose was studied with a view to identify the damaging species. Our results indicate that H, e-, CO2-do not cause any appreciable damage in the absence of metal compounds and OH is the sole damaging entity. Iron compounds sensitize very little O2-damage and CO2-darnage could not be sensitized. In N2-saturated solutions metal compounds increase the damage by converting e- into deleterious OH.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)67-73
Number of pages7
JournalFree Radical Research
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1991

Keywords

  • Deoxyribose
  • Metal ions
  • OH
  • Radiation

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