Free radical damage and its control /

This book provides a comprehensive treatise on the chemical and biochemical consequences of damaging free radical reactions, the implications for the pathogenesis of disease and how this might be controlled endogenously and by radical scavenging drugs. Oxidative stress may be influenced by exogenous...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Rice-Evans, Catherine, Burdon, R. H. (Roy Hunter)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1994.
Series:New comprehensive biochemistry ; v. 28.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book provides a comprehensive treatise on the chemical and biochemical consequences of damaging free radical reactions, the implications for the pathogenesis of disease and how this might be controlled endogenously and by radical scavenging drugs. Oxidative stress may be influenced by exogenous agents of oxidative stress, radiation, trauma, drug activation, oxygen excess, or by exogenous oxidative stress which is associated with many pathological states including chronic inflammatory disorders, cardiovascular disease, injury to the central nervous system, and connective tissue damage. Thi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 392 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780080860886
0080860885
044489716X
9780444897169
9780444803030
0444803033