title: [Importance of oxygen free radical for physiology, pathology and therapy].
abstract: This article briefly reviews biochemistry of oxygen free radical production, physiological mechanisms of anti-free radical tissue protection and the pathological processes which, at least partly, depend on free radical production and lipid peroxidation. Special accent is put on therapeutic implications of numerous experimental findings in this scientific field. The aim of this paper is to call attention of the physicians to the entirely new concept of pathogenesis of many serious diseases, which affords new therapeutic opportunities.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ljubuncić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Loncar-Stojiljković
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stojiljković
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vinterhalter-Jadrić
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species