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Original Article

Electron Transfer Reactions in RB90745, A Bioreductive Drug Having Both Aromatic N-Oxide and Nitroarene Moieties

K. Indira Priyadarsini Gray Laboratory, Mount Vernon Hospital, PO Box 100, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2JR, UK; Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay, 400085, India
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Matthew A. Naylor Department of Medicinal Chemistry, MRC Radiobiology Unit, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 ORD, UK
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Michael R. L. Stratford Gray Laboratory, Mount Vernon Hospital, PO Box 100, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2JR, UK
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Peter Wardman Gray Laboratory, Mount Vernon Hospital, PO Box 100, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2JR, UK
Pages 99-107 | Received 20 Nov 1995, Accepted 22 Jan 1996, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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