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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Format: | Article |
Language: | Afrikaans |
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South African Journal of Science and Technology
1990-07-01
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Series: | South African Journal of Science and Technology |
Online Access: | http://www.satnt.ac.za/index.php/satnt/article/view/462 |