1st Edition

Superoxide Ion Chemistry and Biological Implications

By Igor B. Afanas'ev Copyright 1989
296 Pages
by CRC Press

296 Pages
by CRC Press

The chemical properties of superoxide ion, its biological role, and the role of other oxygen radicals which arise as a result of its transformations are contained in this text. In Volume I the principal reactions of superoxide ion, including protonation reactions with proton donors, nucleophilic reactions with esters, alkyl halides and other compounds, electron transfer reactions with quinones and... Read more
VOLUME II: Preface. Who is the Villain? Classification and Reactivities of Oxygen Species in Biological Systems. Nonenzymatic and Enzymatic Production of Oxygen Radicals in Biological Systems. Production of Oxygen Radicals by Xenobiotics. Production of Oxygen Radicals by Cells. The Interaction of Oxygen Radicals with Natural and Biologically Active Compounds, Cellular Components and Cells. Appendices. Index.

Biography

Igor B. Afanas'ev (All-Union Vitamin Research Institute, Moscow, Russia) (Author)