Oxidants, antioxidants and oxidative stress

Mitochondrial Medicine: Mitochondrial Metabolism, Diseases, Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 19-54

  Ďuračková, Zdenka ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; oxidant; oxidative stress; polyphenols; signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149111177     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6714-3_2     Document Type: Chapter

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