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Free radicals in biology and medicine

1991; Elsevier BV; Volume: 22; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0306-3623(91)90478-o

ISSN

1879-0011

Autores

Barry Halliwell, John M.C. Gutteridge,

Tópico(s)

Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity

Resumo

1. Oxygen is a toxic gas - an introductionto oxygen toxicity and reactive species 2. The chemistry of free radicals and related 'reactive species' 3. Antioxidant defences Endogenous and Diet Derived 4. Cellular responses to oxidative stress: adaptation, damage, repair, senescence and death 5. Measurement of reactive species 6. Reactive species can pose special problems needing special solutions. Some examples. 7. Reactive species can be useful some more examples 8. Reactive species can be poisonous: their role in toxicology 9. Reactive species and disease: fact, fiction or filibuster? 10. Ageing, nutrition, disease, and therapy: A role for antioxidants?

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