《蕨類植物》是一本開放的acess國際季刊，涉及蕨類植物研究的各個方面。蕨類化合物是一種雜環(huán)融合環(huán)化合物，具有廣泛的生物學功能，從蝴蝶翅膀的顏色到酶催化的輔助因子，再到必需的維生素。其中5、6、7、8-四氫生物蝶呤是多種芳香氨基酸單氧酶、一氧化氮合酶和甘油醚單氧酶(GEMO)的必要輔因子。新蝶呤在免疫系統(tǒng)中發(fā)揮重要作用，是HIV、心血管疾病、惡性腫瘤等疾病的重要實驗室生物標志物。

Pteridines is an open acess international quarterly journal dealing with all aspects of pteridine research. Pteridines are heterocyclic fused ring compounds involved in a wide range of biological functions from the color on butterfly wings to cofactors in enzyme catalysis to essential vitamins. Of the pteridines, 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin is the necessary cofactor of several aromatic amino acid monoxygenases, the nitric oxide synthases and glyceryl ether monoxygenase (GEMO). Neopterin plays an essential role in the immune system and is an important biomarker in laboratory medicine for diseases such as HIV, cardiovascular disease, malignant tumors, among others.