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Descriptor English: Plastoquinone
Descriptor Spanish: Plastoquinona
Descriptor plastoquinona
Scope note: Derivado polidesaturado de cadena lateral de quinona, importante enlace en la cadena de transporte de electrones de las plantas verdes durante la conversión fotosintética de la energía lumínica mediante la fotofosforilación en energía potencial de enlaces químicos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Plastoquinona
Descriptor French: Plastoquinone 9
Entry term(s): Plastoquinone 9
Plastoquinone-9
Tree number(s): D02.806.250.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010971
Scope note: Polyunsaturated side-chain quinone derivative which is an important link in the electron transport chain of green plants during the photosynthetic conversion of light energy by photophosphorylation into the potential energy of chemical bonds.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Registry Number: OAC30J69CN
CAS Type 1 Name: 2,5-Cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione, 2,3-dimethyl-5-(3,7,11,15,19,23,27,31,35-nonamethyl-2,6,10,14,18,22,26,30,34-hexatriacontanonaenyl)-, (all-E)-
Previous Indexing: Plant Proteins (1972-1974)
Quinones (1972-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under QUINONES 1975-90
History Note: 91(75); was see under QUINONES 1975-90
DeCS ID: 29511
Unique ID: D010971
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/19
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Plastoquinone - Preferred
Concept UI M0017007
Scope note Polyunsaturated side-chain quinone derivative which is an important link in the electron transport chain of green plants during the photosynthetic conversion of light energy by photophosphorylation into the potential energy of chemical bonds.
Preferred term Plastoquinone
Entry term(s) Plastoquinone 9
Plastoquinone-9



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