Oxygen Radicals Acting as Chemical Messengers: A Hypothesis
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Free Radical Research Communications
- Vol. 7 (3-6) , 213-220
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10715768909087944
Abstract
Based on a critical reappraisal of the reactions of radicals in a biological milieu, a hypothesis is proposed according to which superoxide anion radicals act as biological messengers rather than as mediators or precursors of cellular damage under oxidative stress conditions.Keywords
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