Transition metal complexes of o-benzoquinone, o-semiquinone, and catecholate ligands

Potatoes, members of the Solanaceae plant family, serve as a major, inexpensive food source for both energy (starch) and good-quality protein, with worldwide production of about 350 million tons per year. U.S. per capita consumption of potatoes is about 61 kg/year. Potatoes also produce potentially toxic glycoalkaloids, both during growth and after harvest. Glycoalkaloids appear to be more toxic to man than to other animals. The toxicity may be due to anticholinesterase activity of the glycoalkaloids on the central nervous system and to disruptions of cell membranes affecting the digestive system and other organs. The possible contribution of glycoalkaloids to the multifactorial aspects of teratogenicity is inconclusive. Possible safe levels are controversial; guidelines limiting glycoalkaloid content of potato cultivars are currently being debated. This review presents an integrated, critical assessment of the multifaceted aspects of the role glycoalkaloids play in nutrition and food safety; che...

Potato glycoalkaloids: chemistry, analysis, safety, and plant physiology

The electrochemistry of vitamin B12

Metal chelation of polyphenols

Coordination compounds of copper, nickel and iron with Schiff bases derived from hydroxynaphthaldehydes and salicylaldehydes

Preparation and properties of a stable semiquinone complex

Structure-activity relation of steroid teratogens. 3. Solanidan epimers.

Teratogenicity of the solatium alkaloid solasodine and of ‘Kennebec’ potato sprouts in hamsters

Structure-activity relation of steroid teratogens. I. Jervine ring system

Synthesis and characterization of copper(II) catecholato complexes

Dennis G. Brown

Papers

Preparation and properties of a stable semiquinone complex

Structure-activity relation of steroid teratogens. 3. Solanidan epimers.

Teratogenicity of the solatium alkaloid solasodine and of ‘Kennebec’ potato sprouts in hamsters

Structure-activity relation of steroid teratogens. I. Jervine ring system

Synthesis and characterization of copper(II) catecholato complexes