Free Radicals in Human Health and Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rani, Vibha (Editor), Yadav, Umesh Chand Singh (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Enzymology.; Cytokines.; Growth factors.; Apoptosis.; Oxidative stress.; Life Sciences.; Oxidative Stress.; Biochemistry, general.; Cytokines and Growth Factors.

The role of oxidative stress in human disease has become an area of intense interest. Free radicals, a normal product of metabolism, exist in all aerobic cells in balance with biochemical antioxidants. Environmental stress increases the levels of free radicals drastically, thereby disturbing the equ...