Free radical chemistry in biological systems

Mitochondria are an active source of the free radical superoxide (O2-) and nitric oxide (NO), whose production accounts for about 2% and 0.5% respectively, of mitochondrial O2 uptake under physiological conditions. Superoxide is produced by the auto-oxidation of the semiquinones of ubiquinol and the...

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Main Authors: LAURA B VALDEZ, SILVIA LORES ARNAIZ, JUANITA BUSTAMANTE, SILVIA ALVAREZ, LIDIA E COSTA, ALBERTO BOVERIS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2000-01-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602000000200005