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Free-Radical Repair by a Novel Perthiol: Reversible Hydrogen Transfer and Perthiyl Radical Formation

S. A. Everett Cancer Research Campaign Gray Laboratory, Mount Vernon Hospital, PO Box 100, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2JR, UK
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L. K. Folkes Cancer Research Campaign Gray Laboratory, Mount Vernon Hospital, PO Box 100, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2JR, UK
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P. Wardman Cancer Research Campaign Gray Laboratory, Mount Vernon Hospital, PO Box 100, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2JR, UK
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K.-D. Asmus Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Glienicker Straße 100, D-14109, Berlin, Germany
Pages 387-400 | Received 19 Nov 1993, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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