Introduction to free radicals and the oxygen paradox oxidative stress in biology, aging & disease /
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Henry Stewart Talks,
2007.
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| Series: | Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Free radicals and the oxygen paradox : oxidative stress in biology, aging and disease.
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Table of Contents:
- Contents: The oxygen paradox
- Oxygen origin
- Free radicals, oxidants and oxidative stress
- Sources of free radicals
- Environmental toxins
- Metabolic sources of free radicals: mitochondrial electron transport, phagocytes, peroxisomes, autooxidation
- Medical and dental sources of free radicals: x-rays, g-rays, drugs
- DNA damage and oxygen radical toxicity
- Antioxidant compounds and enzymes
- The dismutation of superoxide
- Mechanisms of antioxidant enzymes
- Antioxidant defense and repair systems
- Removal of oxidized DNA bases and DNA repair
- Lipolysis and the repair of oxidized lipids and lipid membranes
- Selective proteolytic degradation of oxidized proteins
- The LON protease
- Adaptation to oxidative stress
- Long-term effects of free radicals and oxidative stress: aging and disease.
Generation of reactive oxygen species by mitochondria