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Reoxygenation injury and antioxidant protection: a tale of two paradoxes
1Molecular Toxicology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City 73104.
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
Under certain circumstances, added antioxidants can protect tissues against reoxygenation injury after ischemia. Yet reperfusing blood carries many antioxidants with it. The implications of this "antioxidant paradox" are discussed.