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[The oxygen paradox]

I Haulică1, D Boişteanu

  • 1Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa, Iaşi.

Revista Medico-Chirurgicala a Societatii De Medici Si Naturalisti Din Iasi
|January 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary

Oxygen is vital for aerobic life and cellular respiration but can paradoxically cause tissue injury. A small percentage of oxygen metabolism generates toxic free radicals, contributing to oxidative stress.

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