Oxygen derived free radicals in clinical context |
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| Authors: | V K Gupta V Mallika Yashika Gupta D K Srivastava |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Biochemistry, G.B. Pant Hospital, 110 002, New Delhi
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| Abstract: | Oxygen derived free radicals have been implicated in a number of clinical disorders including atherosclerosis (1), ischemic
heart disease (IHD) (2), post ischemic reperfusion injury (3) and respiratory distress syndrome (4). These radical are generated
by sequential reduction of molecular oxygen; the primary product being superoxide anion (O2
.−) which is subsequently reduced to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), hydroxy1 radical (OH.) and singlet oxygen (1O2). However the evidence for ODFR induced cell damage in various clinical disorders is still debated and rests largely on free
radical scavenging studies, through electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic (EPRS) studies have provided direct evidence
for ODFR generation following coronary artery ligation (5).
By definition, a free radical is an atom, ion or molecule with one or more unpaired electrons (the presence of unpaired electron
in a free radical being represented by a superscribed bold dot-R.) and may be formed as a result of homolytic fission of a covalent bond or by electron transfer reactions, and may have cationic
(NH3
+), anionic (O2
.−) or neutral (NO) characteristics. The most important in vivo source for these radical species have been found to be univalent
biochemical redox reactions involving oxygen. (a) A:B→A.+B. (b) A:+B→A.+B. |
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