1st Edition

Free Radicals in Ophthalmic Disorders

Edited By Manfred Zierhut, Enrique Cadenas, Narsing Rao Copyright 2008
232 Pages 7 Color & 66 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

232 Pages
by CRC Press

Free radicals are molecules with an unpaired electron in the outer shell or an electron that was damaged from either attack or from a poor splitting bond. After a free radical is formed it will continue to attack other molecules, which usually results in the damage of tissue or destruction of a healthy cell. Free radicals arise normally through metabolism. However, sometimes the body’s immune... Read more

Free Radical Biology, Mitochondrial Functions and Nitric Oxide. Antioxidants and Modulation of cardiovascular Disease. Nitric Oxide-Related Oxidants in Health and Disease. Modulation and Determination of cellular glutathione Concentrations. Oxidants in Corneal Diseases. Involvement of oxidative Stress in the Pathogenesis of Glaucoma. Oxidative Stress and Cataract. Nitric Oxide in Experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis. TNF activation and nitric oxide production in EAU. Peroxynitrite and ocular inflammation. Melanin and Oxidative stress. Are Antioxidants useful in diabetic Retinopathy? Macular Degeneration: The Role of Reactive Oxygen Species. Retinal ischemia and oxidative stress. Reduction of oxidative Stress in retinal Disease. Oxidative stress and uveitis.

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Manfred Zierhut, Enrique Cadenas, Narsing Rao