L. Hughes

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

L. Hughes is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Hughes has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Organic Chemistry, 18 papers in Biochemistry and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in L. Hughes's work include Free Radicals and Antioxidants (22 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (18 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (4 papers). L. Hughes is often cited by papers focused on Free Radicals and Antioxidants (22 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (18 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (4 papers). L. Hughes collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. L. Hughes's co-authors include Graham W. Burton, K. U. Ingold, Takahisa Doba, E. J. Gabe, L. Prasad, K. U. Ingold, Maret G. Traber, David O. Foster, Ann Webb and D. A. Lindsay and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

L. Hughes

35 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Autoxidation of biological molecules. 4. Maximizing the antioxidant activity of phenols

1985 669 citations Graham W. Burton, Takahisa Doba et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
L. Hughes Canada	19	1.4k	1.4k	633	563	186	35	2.4k
K. U. Ingold Canada	22	1.7k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	880 1.4×	789 1.4×	193 1.0×	33	3.2k
John E. Packer New Zealand	19	707 0.5×	934 0.7×	543 0.9×	652 1.2×	196 1.1×	56	2.5k
Takahisa Doba Japan	13	616 0.4×	901 0.6×	257 0.4×	211 0.4×	229 1.2×	23	1.5k
Christa Michel Germany	23	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	260 0.4×	1.1k 1.9×	121 0.7×	36	3.8k
Vincent W. Bowry Australia	25	1.9k 1.3×	2.6k 1.8×	1.0k 1.6×	1.5k 2.6×	271 1.5×	35	4.9k
Vitaly A. Roginsky Russia	22	845 0.6×	743 0.5×	225 0.4×	436 0.8×	97 0.5×	37	2.0k
Camilo López‐Alarcón Chile	31	917 0.6×	739 0.5×	395 0.6×	1.0k 1.8×	63 0.3×	120	3.3k
J. Lee Poyer United States	19	275 0.2×	537 0.4×	313 0.5×	815 1.4×	67 0.4×	39	2.5k
Monica Leopoldini Italy	19	1.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.4×	113 0.2×	543 1.0×	577 3.1×	26	3.3k
Donald T. Witiak United States	21	229 0.2×	873 0.6×	210 0.3×	933 1.7×	55 0.3×	149	2.3k

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Traber, Maret G., et al.. (1998). Human plasma and tissue alpha-tocopherol concentrations in response to supplementation with deuterated natural and synthetic vitamin E. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 67(4). 669–684. 292 indexed citations

Cheeseman, Kevin H., et al.. (1995). Biokinetics in humans of RRR-α-tocopherol: The free phenol, acetate ester, and succinate ester forms of vitamin E. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 19(5). 591–598. 78 indexed citations

Hughes, L., et al.. (1995). Recovery of DNA, RNA and protein from gels with microconcentrators.. PubMed. 18(4). 698–703. 12 indexed citations

Walton, John C., et al.. (1993). Dimers of delocalised radicals: pentamethylcyclopentadienyl and pentadienyl. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 879–879. 14 indexed citations

Hughes, L., et al.. (1992). Calibration of a fast benzylic radical clock reaction. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 57(15). 4284–4287. 67 indexed citations

Walton, John C., et al.. (1991). Cycloalkylmethyl radicals. Part 8. A conformational study of dioxa- and dithia-cyclohexylmethyl radicals by EPR spectroscopy. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 1893–1893. 4 indexed citations

Ingold, K. U., Graham W. Burton, L. Hughes, David O. Foster, & Bertrand Robillard. (1990). Vitamin E Activity of 1-Thio-α-Tocophero as Measured by the Rat Curative Myopathy Bioassay. Free Radical Research Communications. 11(4-5). 207–211. 3 indexed citations

Ingold, K. U., Graham W. Burton, David O. Foster, & L. Hughes. (1990). Is methyl-branching in α-tocopherol's “tail” important for its in vivo activity? Rat curative myopathy bioassay measurements of the vitamin E activity of three 2RS-n-alkyl-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-6-hydroxychromans. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 9(3). 205–210. 22 indexed citations

Traber, Maret G., et al.. (1990). Nascent VLDL from liver perfusions of cynomolgus monkeys are preferentially enriched in RRR- compared with SRR-alpha-tocopherol: studies using deuterated tocopherols.. Journal of Lipid Research. 31(4). 687–694. 79 indexed citations

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Zahalka, Hayder A., Bertrand Robillard, L. Hughes, et al.. (1989). ChemInform Abstract: Antioxidant Activity of 1‐Thio‐α‐tocopherol and Related Compounds. EPR, ENDOR, and UV‐Visible Absorption Spectra of Some of the Derived Phenoxyl Radicals.. ChemInform. 20(6). 1 indexed citations

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Brownstein, S., Graham W. Burton, L. Hughes, & K. U. Ingold. (1989). Chiral effects on the carbon-13 resonances of .alpha.-tocopherol and related compounds. A novel illustration of Newman's "rule of six". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 54(3). 560–569. 56 indexed citations

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Ekiel, Irena, L. Hughes, Graham W. Burton, et al.. (1988). Structure and dynamics of .alpha.-tocopherol in model membranes and in solution: a broad-line and high-resolution NMR study. Biochemistry. 27(5). 1432–1440. 43 indexed citations

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Hughes, L., K. U. Ingold, & John C. Walton. (1988). Cycloalkylmethyl radicals. 6. The unexpectedly high barrier to the rotation of axial CH2.cntdot. groups in cyclohexylmethyl radicals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 110(22). 7494–7499. 6 indexed citations

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Zahalka, Hayder A., Bertrand Robillard, L. Hughes, et al.. (1988). Antioxidant activity of 1-thio-.alpha.-tocopherol and related compounds. EPR, ENDOR, and UV-visible absorption spectra of some of the derived phenoxyl radicals. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 53(16). 3739–3745. 58 indexed citations

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Ingold, K. U., Graham W. Burton, David O. Foster, et al.. (1987). Biokinetics of and discrimination between dietaryRRR‐ andSRR‐α‐tocopherols in the male rat. Lipids. 22(3). 163–172. 212 indexed citations

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Burton, Graham W., Takahisa Doba, E. J. Gabe, et al.. (1986). ChemInform Abstract: Autoxidation of Biological Molecules. Part 4. Maximizing the Antioxidant Activity of Phenols.. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 17(13). 1 indexed citations

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Ingold, K. U., et al.. (1986). A new vitamin E analogue more active than α‐tocopherol in the rat curative myopathy bioassay. FEBS Letters. 205(1). 117–120. 45 indexed citations

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Burton, Graham W., L. Hughes, & K. U. Ingold. (1983). Antioxidant activity of phenols related to vitamin E. Are there chain-breaking antioxidants better than .alpha.-tocopherol?. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 105(18). 5950–5951. 82 indexed citations

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Burton, Graham W., L. Hughes, & K. U. Ingold. (1983). ChemInform Abstract: ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF PHENOLS RELATED TO VITAMIN E. ARE THERE CHAIN‐BREAKING ANTIOXIDANTS BETTER THAN α‐TOCOPHEROL?. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 14(50). 11 indexed citations

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Hughes, L., et al.. (1955). Erythrocyte Metabolism in Sickle Cell Anemia. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 88(2). 288–289. 8 indexed citations

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