Open AccessFREE RADICALS, OXIDATIVE STRESS AND ANTIOXIDANTS
Author(s) -
Mario Comporti
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the siena academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2279-882X
pISSN - 2279-8811
DOI - 10.4081/jsas.2010.13
Subject(s) - oxidative stress , radical , organism , oxidative phosphorylation , oxygen , chemistry , respiratory chain , mitochondrial respiratory chain , mitochondrion , biochemistry , biology , organic chemistry , genetics
The topic of oxidative stress is deep-routed in some biological paradoxes. Oxygen is necessary for the life of aerobic organism and acts as terminal oxidant in the mitochondrial respiratory chain, that is the main source of energy