Research Letters in Physical Chemistry
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 614362, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/614362
Research Letter

Oxidation of Quercetin by Myeloperoxidase

Tatjana Momić, Jasmina Savić, and Vesna Vasić

Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, P.O. Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia

Received 3 February 2009; Accepted 12 March 2009

Academic Editor: Benjaram M. Reddy

Copyright © 2009 Tatjana Momić et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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