Reactive Oxygen Species in Biological Systems by: Carol Colton (Editor), Daniel Gilbert (Editor)
Publisher: Springer | 31 Jan 1999 | ISBN: 0306457563 | Pages: 740 | PDF | 21 MB
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) which include free radicals, peroxides, singlet oxygen, ozone, and nitrogen monoxide and dioxide free radicals, is an area of intense research. This volume covers (1) the destruction of cellular function by ROS resulting in pathological states; (2) the protection by ROS of an organism against invading organisms that cause infections; and (3) the role of ROS in normal physiological processes. Designed for beginning graduate students, this book gives a concise overview of the field.
The book organizes the information in order to understand how the oxygen can rose into the reactive oxygen species (ROS), why are they important and how when uncontrolled they can be harmful. It goes over a variety of items about the action of these ROS and the mechanisms that have been developed in living organisms to keep them in balance. The authors are experts in the field and have made an extremely good effort to coordinate this multiauthorial book. This book is the most complete one in the subject and covers very recent data which makes it as a “must read” for graduate and postgraduate students and even researchers in the field.
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