The equine estrogen metabolite 4-hydroxyequilenin causes DNA single-strand breaks and oxidation of DNA bases in vitro.
Chen Y, Shen L, Zhang F, Lau SS, van Breemen RB, Nikolic D, Bolton JL.
Chen Y, et al. Among authors: shen l.
Chem Res Toxicol. 1998 Sep;11(9):1105-11. doi: 10.1021/tx980083l.
Chem Res Toxicol. 1998.
PMID: 9760286
In previous work, we showed that the equilenin metabolite 4-hydroxyequilenin (4-OHEN) can be autoxidized to 4-OHEN-o-quinone which readily entered into a redox couple with the semiquinone radical catalyzed by NAD(P)H, P450 reductase, or quinone reductase, resulting in generation …
In previous work, we showed that the equilenin metabolite 4-hydroxyequilenin (4-OHEN) can be autoxidized to 4-OHEN-o-quinone which readily e …