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Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defenses in Biology

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Sami Ahmad

    1. Department of Biochemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Mechanisms of Oxygen Activation and Reactive Oxygen Species Detoxification

    • Enrique Cadenas
    Pages 1-61

  3. Pathophysiology and Reactive Oxygen Metabolites

    • Yan Chen, Allen M. Miles, Matthew B. Grisham
    Pages 62-95

  4. Free Radical Mechanism of Oxidative Modification of Low Density Lipoprotein (or the Rancidity of Body Fat)

    • Balaraman Kalyanaraman
    Pages 96-116

  5. Synthetic Pro-oxidants: Drugs, Pesticides and Other Environmental Pollutants

    • Sidney J. Stohs
    Pages 117-180

  6. Metabolic Detoxification of Plant Prooxidants

    • May R. Berenbaum
    Pages 181-209

  7. Antioxidant Mechanisms of Secondary Natural Products

    • Richard A. Larson
    Pages 210-237

  8. Antioxidant Mechanisms of Enzymes and Proteins

    • Sami Ahmad
    Pages 238-272

  9. Antioxidant Defenses of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium

    • Richard P. Cunningham, Holly Ahern
    Pages 273-297

  10. Antioxidant Defenses of Plants and Fungi

    • David A. Dalton
    Pages 298-355

  11. Oxidative Stress of Vertebrates and Invertebrates

    • Gary W. Felton
    Pages 356-434

  12. Genetic Regulation of Antioxidant Defenses in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium

    • Holly Ahern, Richard P. Cunningham
    Pages 435-446

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 447-457
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...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 Biochemist

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biochemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

    Sami Ahmad

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defenses in Biology

  • Editors: Sami Ahmad

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9689-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Chapman & Hall 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-9691-2Published: 05 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-9689-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 448

  • Topics: Biochemistry, general

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