title: The skin, free radicals, and oxidative stress.
abstract: Oxidative stress involves the adverse effects of oxygen and other free radicals on living tissue. An overview of the various types of free radicals generated in the body, the basic chemistry of free radicals, and how they arise is presented. The importance of understanding the action of free radicals on specific target tissues in the skin and how this affects the physiology of the skin in relation to treatment is covered.
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Pugliese
mesh_terms: D005609:Free Radicals / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000737:chemistry; D015595:Skin Aging / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species