Cellular ROS and Antioxidants: Physiological and Pathological Role
Andrey V. Kozlov,
Sabzali Javadov,
Natascha Sommer
Affiliations
Andrey V. Kozlov
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology, The Research Center in Cooperation with AUVA, 1200 Vienna, Austria
Sabzali Javadov
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 00936-5067, USA
Natascha Sommer
Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary Institute, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392 Giessen, Germany
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are highly reactive oxygen derivatives that include free radicals such as superoxide anion radical (O2•−) and hydroxyl radical (HO•), as well as non-radical molecules hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), peroxynitrite (ONOO−), and hypochlorous acid (HOCl) [...]