Natural Chain-Breaking Antioxidants and Their Synthetic Analogs as Modulators of Oxidative Stress

• Main Authors: Vessela D. Kancheva (Author), Maria Antonietta Dettori (Author), Davide Fabbri (Author), Petko Alov (Author), Silvia E. Angelova (Author), Adriana K. Slavova-Kazakova (Author), Paola Carta (Author), Valerii A. Menshov (Author), Olga I. Yablonskaya (Author), Aleksei V. Trofimov (Author), Ivanka Tsakovska (Author), Luciano Saso (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Oxidative stress is associated with the increased production of reactive oxygen species or with a significant decrease in the effectiveness of antioxidant enzymes and nonenzymatic defense. The penetration of oxygen and free radicals in the hydrophobic interior of biological membranes initiates radic...