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Title Understanding the process of aging : the roles of mitochondria, free radicals, and antioxidants / edited by Enrique Cadenas, Lester Packer
Published New York : Marcel Dekker, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 366 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxidative stress and disease ; 2
Oxidative stress and disease ; 2
Contents The mitochondrial production of oxygen radicals and cellular aging / Alberto Boveris -- Walking a tightrope: the balance between mitochondrial generation and scavenging of superoxide anion / David M. Guidot -- The biochemistry of nitric oxide and peroxynitrite: implications for mitochondrial function / Rakesh P. Patel -- Oxygen-dependent regulation of biological functions by nitric oxide / Kozo Utsumi -- Production of reactive oxygen species in mitochondria and age-assoiciated pathophysiology: a reality check / Henry Jay Forman -- Functional roles of ubiquinone / Jeffery R. Schultz -- Mitochondrial generation of reactive oxygen species and oxidative damage during aging: roles of coenzyme Q and tocopherol / Rajindar S. Sohal -- Mitochondria and aging: the mouse's tale / Steve Esworthy -- Mitochondria and apoptosis / Bernard M. Babior -- Role of mitochondria in oxidative stress associated with aging and apoptosis: studies in intact cells / Juan Sastre -- The role of iron and mitochondria in aging / Patrick B. Walter -- The mitochondrial-lysosomal axis theory of cellular aging / Ulf T. Brunk -- Quantitative analysis of mutations of mitochondrial DNA during human aging / Jörg Napiwotzki -- Oxidative damage and fragility of mitochondrial DNA / Takayuki Ozawa -- Mitochondria in cellular aging and degeneration / Gino A. Cortopassi -- Mitochondrial alteration in aging and inflammation: a possible site of action of nitrone-based free radical traps / Kenneth Hensley -- Muscle mitochondrial transmembrane processes in mitochondriocytopathies / Marjan Huizing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Mitochondrial pathology.
Mitochondrial DNA.
Aging -- Physiological aspects
Free radicals (Chemistry) -- Pathophysiology
Active oxygen in the body.
Antioxidants -- Physiological effect
Antioxidants.
Free radicals (Chemistry)
Active oxygen.
Aging -- physiology
DNA, Mitochondrial
Antioxidants
DNA, Mitochondrial -- physiology
Free Radicals
Mitochondria -- metabolism
Reactive Oxygen Species
antioxidant.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Free radicals (Chemistry)
Antioxidants
Active oxygen
Active oxygen in the body
Aging -- Physiological aspects
Antioxidants -- Physiological effect
Free radicals (Chemistry) -- Pathophysiology
Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial pathology
Form Electronic book
Author Cadenas, Enrique.
Packer, Lester.
ISBN 0585134103
9780585134109