Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry of Oxygen Species

• Main Author: Kruk, Irena (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1998.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1998.
• Series: Reactions and Processes, 2 / 2I
• Subjects: Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Biochemistry.; Environmental sciences.; Environmental pollution.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Biochemistry, general.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Terrestrial Pollution.; Climate Change.; Environmental Management.

The book describes the chemical structure and spectroscopic properties of toxic oxygen species such as: superoxide, hydroxyl and organic oxygen radicals, hydrogen peroxide and singlet oxygen. With respect to these oxygen species this volume also covers sources of generation; methods of identificatio...

Table of Contents:

• Chemical Aspects
• 1 Properties of Activated Oxygen Species
• 2 Role of Transition Metal Ions in Generation of Oxygen Species and Their Interconversion
• 3 Reactions of Oxygen Free Radicals and Singlet Oxygen
• 4 Detection of Oxygen Species and Singlet Oxygen
• Environmental Aspects
• 5 Biological Damages Caused by Reactive Oxygen Species
• 6 Possible Useful Roles of Reactive Oxygen Species
• 7 Cell and Tissue Mechanisms of Protection Against Oxygen Free Radicals and Singlet Oxygen Damage
• 8 Role of Oxygen Species in Air and Water Environments
• References.