The primary physico-chemical mechanism for the beneficial biological/medical effects of negative air ions

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 230-237

  Kondrashova, Marie N ^a   Grigorenko, Elena V ^a   Tikhonov, Alexander N ^b   Sirota, Tatjana V ^b   Temnov, Alexander V ^c   Stavrovskaja, Irina G ^c   Kosyakova, Nelly I ^d   Lange, Natalya V ^d   Tikhonov, Vladimir P ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Clinical Center   (Russian Federation)

^e DIOD Co Inc   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Air ions; Antioxidants; Hydrogen peroxide; Ionized air; Reactive oxygen species; Superoxide; Superoxide dismutase; Therapy with ionized air

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NEGATIVE IONS; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; SOLUTIONS; TISSUE;

BENEFICIAL BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ELECTROEFFLUVIAL AIR IONIZER; NEGATIVE AIR IONS; PHYSICO CHEMICAL MECHANISM; SUPEROXIDE ANION;

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0033749329     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.842910     Document Type: Article

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