title: [Methods of studying free radical reactions].
abstract: The importance of free radicals is increasing and therefore the present and future possibilities of their follow up should be described. A collection of methods is presented in this paper, above all the indirect ones. Direct estimations are for the majority of laboratories inaccessible at this time. The intensity of lipoperoxidation, nucleic acids damage, damage of proteins, and antioxidant capacity can be estimated, and the quantity of the origin of free radicals and their metabolites can be evaluated. There is not yet the international standardization realized and the interpretation of the results is not performed.
authors.affiliation: Oddĕleni klinické biochemie, FN Plzen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Racek
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Holecek
mesh_terms: D005609:Free Radicals / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D018384:Oxidative Stress
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals