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. 2022 Jan 23;23(3):1247. doi: 10.3390/ijms23031247

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Chemical structures of the quinone-chelators doxorubicin (adriamicin, Dox), daunomycin (daunorubicin) and emodin.The metal binding sites of anthraquinones involves an oxygen molecule (=O) of one of the rings and an hydroxyl (−OH) group from an adjacent ring.