Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defenses in Biology [Paperback]

Contributors. Preface. Mechanisms of oxygen activation and reactive oxygen species detoxification-- Enrique Cadenas; Pathophysiology and reactive oxygen metabolites-- Yan Chen, Allen M. Miles and Mathew B. Grisham; Free radical mechanisms of oxidative modification of low density lipoprotein (or the rancidity of body fat)-- Balaraman Kalyanaraman; Synthetic prooxidants: drugs, pesticides and other environmental pollutants-- Sidney J. Stohs; Metabolic detoxification of plant prooxidants-- May R. Berenbaum; Antioxidant mechanisms of secondary natural products-- Richard A. Larson; Antioxidant mechanisms of enzymes and proteins-- Sami Ahmad; Antioxidant defenses of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium-- Richard D. Cunningham and Holly Ahern; Antioxidant defenses of plants and fungi-- David A. Dalton; Antioxidant defenses of vertebrates and invertebrates-- Gary W. Felton; Genetic regulation of antioxidant defenses in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium-- Holly Ahern and Richard P. Cunningham....on reading the unusual melange of contributors and specific topics covered Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defences in Biology, this feeling [deja vu] is soon replaced by one of enthusiastic anticipation - and with the majority of chapters one is not diappointed. - The BiochemistSpringer Book Archives