QUINONES: OCCURRENCE,MEDICINAL USES AND PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE -- QUINONES: OCCURRENCE, MEDICINAL USES AND PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: DIHYDROPYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVES: REDOX REACTIVITY, PHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE AND MEDICINAL APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. OXIDATIONS -- 2. REDUCTION -- 3. BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BENZOQUINONES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. ENDOGENOUSLY OCCURRING BENZOQUINONES -- 2. EXOGENOUSLY OCCURRING BENZOQUINONES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: QUINONE MONOACETAL COMPOUNDS IN APPLICATION TO CONTROLLED REACTIONS WITH NUCLEOPHILES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. EFFICIENT PREPARATION OF QUINONE MONOACETALS -- 2. GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR THE REACTIVITIES OF QUINONE MONOACETALS TOWARD NUCLEOPHILES -- 3. INTRAMOLECULAR REACTIONS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: CATECHOLQUINONES AS SUBSTRATES OF THE NRH: QUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE 2 IN THE BRAIN AND RETINA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CATECHOL QUINONES -- 3. NQO2 REDUCING CATHECHOL QUINONES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: PLASMA MEMBRANE COQ, PORIN, AND REDOX CONTROL OF AUTISM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE SENTINELS OF PLASMA MEMBRANE REDOX CONTROL -- REQUIREMENT OF Q IN PM MEDIATED REDUCTION OF FECN6 -- PLASMA MEMBRANE COENZYME Q IS REQUIRED FOR FULL REDOX FUNCTION OF VDAC -- COQ10 IS REQUIRED FOR NADH-FERRICYANIDE REDUCTION IN DIVERSE SPECIES -- VDAC AND REDOX CONTROL OF PORIN IN AUTISM -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- METHODS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.