R Andrzejak 1 , J H Goch , M Jurga
1. Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych i Zawodowych Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu.
Published:
GICID: 01.3001.0000.3051
Available language versions: en pl
Issue: Postepy Hig Med Dosw 1995; 49 (4)
Abstract
The work presents current views of free radicals and their role in medicine. In the first fact, the chemical nature of free radicals, their reactions in cells and its consequences are discussed. The second part deals with a role of free radicals in human pathology with a special stress put an arteriosclerotic process. In the third part, the defense mechanism against free radical action, particularly the importance of superoxide dismutase.