| Literature DB >> 20499893 |
Mohammad A K Khan1, Feiyue Wang.
Abstract
A new chemical demethylation pathway for methylmercury under physiologically and environmentally relevant conditions is reported. The pathway involves the reaction between methylmercury and a selenoamino acid (L-selenocysteine, L-selenoglutathione, D,L-selenopenicillamine, or L-selenomethionine) via the formation of bis(methylmercuric)selenide and dimethylmercury as intermediates. The final degradation product is HgSe(s).Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20499893 DOI: 10.1021/tx100080s
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Res Toxicol ISSN: 0893-228X Impact factor: 3.739