Janus-faced molecule

Janus-faced molecule

A Janus molecule (or Janus-faced molecule) is a molecule which can represent both beneficial and toxic effects. An example of this is nitrous oxide [Vittorio Calabrese, Cesare Mancuso, Menotti Calvani, Enrico Rizzarelli, D. Allan Butterfield & Anna Maria Giuffrida Stella. [http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v8/n10/abs/nrn2214.html Nitric oxide in the central nervous system: neuroprotection versus neurotoxicity] . Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8, 766-775 (October 2007)] .

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* Toxicity

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