Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine (3rd Ed) (Oxford Science Publications) - Hardcover

Halliwell, Barry; Gutteridge, John M. C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198500459 ISBN 13: 9780198500452

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Since the publication of the second edition of "Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine" in 1989 the techniques of modern molecular, cellular, and structural biology have provided new data that have transformed scientific thinking about topics within free radical research. Reactive species, such as peroxynitrite, have been discovered to have a role in biological systems. Therefore much of the third edition has been completely rewritten and what remains from the second has been thoroughly updated. There are new chapters on antioxidant defence systems in bacteria, plants, and animals; the detection of free radicals; the role of antioxidants in ageing, nutrition, disease, and therapy; and a new appendix on molecular biology. The chapter on oxidative stress and its consequences includes the damage and repair of DNA, proteins, and lipids, cytokines, and cell death (both apoptosis and necrosis). Free radicals and other reactive species are now implicated in a wide range and number of diseases and the third edition covers their role in hypertension, diabetes, lung damage, cystic fibrosis, nervous system disorders, viral infections, and cancer This book is intended for postgraduate research

About this title

Review:

"Without any doubt the best book in free radical chemistry' Dr Jose M Mates, University of Malaga

About the Author:

Professor Barry Halliwell, Department of Pharmacology, King's College, London. John M. C. Gutteridge, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal Brompton Hospital, London

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0198500459
• ISBN 13: 9780198500452
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 968