Hosokawa Sho
,
Shukuya Kenichi
,
Sogabe Keisuke
,
Ejima Yasukazu
,
Morinishi Tatsuya
,
Hirakawa Eiichiro
,
Ohsaki Hiroyuki
,
Shimosawa Tatsuo
,
Tokuhara Yasunori
… Gentisic acid (GA), a metabolite of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), and homogentisic acid (HGA), which is excreted at high levels in alkaptonuria, are divalent phenolic acids with very similar structures. … We recently reported a new oxidation method of HGA involving the addition of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) with sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate (NaOCl·5H2O), which is a strong oxidant. …
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