Abstract:
CONTENTS I. Discovery and natural sources of ubiquinones 414 II. Determination of the structure of ubiquinones 414 III. Synthesis of ubiquinones 415 IV. Conversion products of ubiquinones 418 V. Biosynthesis of ubiquinones 419 VI. Role of ubiquinones in electron transport in oxidative phosphorylation. Hypotheses concerning the possible mechanism of the process 421 VII. Certain biological and therapeutic functions of ubiquinones in animals and in man 424