title: [Reactive oxygen species and erectile dysfunction].
abstract: Erectile dysfunction (ED) is one of the common male diseases, which affects 15,200 men in the world. Recent discovery has shown the important role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in ED. This paper updates the researches on the role of ROS in ED, expounds the relationship of ROS with various risk factors of ED, and outlines the advances in the anti-oxidation treatment of the problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Industrial University Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China. nancyzhang03@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jing-Ya
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Xue-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Shang
mesh_terms: D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species