Oxidative stress detection: what for? Part Ii
Palmieri, B.; Sblendorio, V.
European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences 11(1): 27-54
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 1128-3602 PMID: 17405347 Document Number: 609193
Oxygen-free radicals, more generally known as reactive oxygen species (ROS) along with nitrogen species (RNS) are well recognised for playing a dual role both deleterious and beneficial species. The cumulative generation of ROS/RNS through either endogenous or exogenous insults is termed oxidative stress and is common for many types of diseases that are linked with altered redox regulation of cellular signalling pathways.