NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS), FREE RADICALS AND REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS): A REVIEW OF LITERATURE
ABSTRACT A wide controversy exists regarding the effect of NSAIDs on the oxidative status. Each member of these NSAIDs has been shown to act both as antioxidant or pro-oxidant in different test systems, using different concentrations and various oxidative stress-inducing agents. This review tackles...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Basrah
2009-06-01
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| Series: | The Medical Journal of Basrah University |
| Online Access: | https://mjbu.uobasrah.edu.iq/article_49041_b97ea8f2b040b0c157a37cea4298dd0e.pdf |
| Summary: | ABSTRACT
A wide controversy exists regarding the effect of NSAIDs on the oxidative status. Each member of these NSAIDs has
been shown to act both as antioxidant or pro-oxidant in different test systems, using different concentrations and
various oxidative stress-inducing agents. This review tackles this problem and tries to look for factors that might be
responsible for this variation in results. |
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| ISSN: | 0253-0759 2413-4414 |