Reactions, Processes Oxidants and Antioxidant Defense Systems /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Grune, Tilman (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 2O
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; Occupational medicine.; Pathology.; Ecology.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Ecotoxicology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

Oxidative stress is one of the major symptoms accompanying physiological functions and numerous diseases. Oxidants and free radicals are connected with diseases such as cancer, diabetes, infectious, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases and also in the aging process itself. Therefore, compre...