title: Oxygen radicals acting as chemical messengers: a hypothesis.
abstract: Based on a critical reappraisal of the reactions of radicals in a biological milieu, a hypothesis is proposed according to which superoxide anion radicals act as biological messengers rather than as mediators or precursors of cellular damage under oxidative stress conditions.
authors.affiliation: GSF-Institut für Strahlenbiologie, Neuherberg, W. Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saran
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bors
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004058:Diffusion; D005609:Free Radicals; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000502:physiology; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D013481:Superoxides; D010100:Oxygen