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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2013 Sep 20;1842(8):1282–1294. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.09.007

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Mitochondrial accumulation of targeted lipophilic cationic antioxidants. A, Structure of TPP (triphenylphosphonium). B, Conjugation to a lipophilic cation such as TPP specifically targets the attached bioactive moiety (X) into the mitochondrial matrix in a ΔΨm-dependent fashion. This strategy leads to a 100-500 fold accumulation of the bioactive compound within mitochondria. TPP, triphenylphosphonium.