Free radical can be defined as a molecule or molecular fragments containing unpaired electron in the outer orbital, which react with nearby molecules to get stability. There are two types of them in the body: oxygen free radicals and nitrogen free radicals. Our body has an antioxidant defense system which prevents accumulation of these radicals. There is a balance between free radical produc...

Background: Free radicals and reactive oxygen species(ROS) are the most important factors in formation of oxidative stress reaction. Now, radical damage has been suggested to contribute to a wide variety of diseases such as Alzheimer, atherosclerosis and cancer. Transition metal ions in the presence of the various biomolecules produce these active compounds. The aim of this study is introducing...

INTRODUCTION Every lexicographer knows that the meaning of a word is time dependent, and, in favour of the argument that it is also dependent on latitude and longitude, the perverse amonst us would cite Oscar Wilde's dictum, "England and America are two countries separated by a common language". Certainly the word radical has changed its meaning for chemits who originally thought of it as part ...

oxidative stress arises when there is a marked imbalance between the production and removal of reactive oxygen species that may lead to several diseases. cadmium is an environmental and industrial pollutant that results in formation of free radicals. the aim of this study was to determine the oxidative stress status in cadmium exposure workers. this is a cross-sectional study of 36 people of ca...

It has become clear since the workshop that free radicals are implicated not only in the promotion phase of carcinogenesis but during initiation as well. Since the workshop, however, despite intriguing trapping studies with Superoxide disimilase. catalase, and Cu-DIPS [copper(II)(3,5-diisopropylsalicylate)2] and generation of OJ using xanthine oxidase, little substantive evidence has been obtai...

There has been considerable interest in free radicals and their control by extracts of medicinal herbs. This article reviews the advances made in this frontier area of research.

background: diazinon (dzn) is one of the most organophosphates (ops) insecticides that widely used in agriculture and industry. some ops are capable to produce free radicals and induce malfunction in body antioxidant systems. enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants such as superoxide dismutase (sod), catalase (cat) and glutathione s-transferase (gst) and glutathione (gsh) normally counteract da...