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Electrochemistry of Low Molecular Weight Organic Compounds of Biological Interest

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The electrochemical behavior of a large number of low molecular weight compounds of biological interest has been studied. Reviews such as those of Brezina and Zuman,(1)Underwood and Burnett,(2)McCreery,(3)and Dryhurst(4)have summarized much of the available information on the electrochemical behavior of biologically significant molecules. However, except in relatively few instances, such reviews have reported the electrochemical results without much attempt to correlate the information with known or suspected biological redox reactions. In this review only a rather small number of low molecular weight biomolecules will be considered. However, they will be discussed in some depth and an attempt will be made to demonstrate that electrochemical studies of biomolecules can provide some unique and valuable insights into their biochemical redox behavior.

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Dryhurst, G. (1985). Electrochemistry of Low Molecular Weight Organic Compounds of Biological Interest. In: Srinivasan, S., Chizmadzhev, Y.A., Bockris, J.O., Conway, B.E., Yeager, E. (eds) Comprehensive Treatise of Electrochemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2359-4_2

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