Free radicals and antioxidant systems.
Free radicals are undesirable peroxides that have long been implicated in several deleterious effects in our body including aging process. They also play an important role in many physiological processes. For they are very reactive in nature, there are some anti-oxidant systems to scavenge or to quench them.
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Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty, Gazi University.
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D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005609:Free Radicals; D006801:Humans; D016877:Oxidants / Q000378:metabolism; D010100:Oxygen / Q000633:toxicity
D000975:Antioxidants; D005609:Free Radicals; D016877:Oxidants; D010100:Oxygen