The emerging role of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in redox biology and some implications for plasma applications to medicine and biology

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2012, Pages

  Graves, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER THERAPY; IMMUNE SYSTEMS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEDICAL INTERVENTION; MEDICAL THERAPY; PLANT BIOLOGY; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN AND NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNALLING MOLECULES; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 84862514299     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/26/263001     Document Type: Review

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