Journal article
Iron, cysteine and Parkinson's disease
GNL Jameson
Monatshefte Fur Chemie | SPRINGER WIEN | Published : 2011
Abstract
A short review of the role of cysteine and iron in the progression of Parkinson's disease is presented. The complex chemistry of cysteine and iron and its interactions are discussed and put into the context of oxidative stress during neurodegeneration. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2011 Springer-Verlag.
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Funding Acknowledgements
I am grateful to Prof. R. F. Jameson and Dr. V. J. A. Jameson for useful discussions and to the Marsden Fund of the Royal Society of New Zealand for financial support.