Oxygen toxicity

Oxygen has been discovered about 200 years ago. Since then the vital physiological involvement of oxygen in various biologi­cal processes, mainly energy production, has been established. However, in the body molecular oxygen can be converted to toxic oxygen metabolites such as superoxide anion, hydr...

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Main Authors: C. A. van der Westhuizen, M. Viljoen, M. J. Pitout, P. H. van Papendorp
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: South African Journal of Science and Technology 1990-07-01
Series:South African Journal of Science and Technology
Online Access:http://www.satnt.ac.za/index.php/satnt/article/view/462