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Free radicals and antioxidant systems in health and disease
A J Sinclair1, A H Barnett, J Lunec
1Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Birmingham.
British Journal of Hospital Medicine
|May 1, 1990
Abstract:
Free radical (FR) mechanisms have both beneficial and deleterious actions in vivo. Intensive scientific interest in FRs over the last 20 years has led to a clearer understanding of their roles and helped to clarify the contribution of our intrinsic defence systems (antioxidants) in limiting FR-induced tissue damage. As more and more conditions are shown to have a FR aetiology it becomes imperative to develop newer therapies to prevent and treat FR-induced disease.