Oxidative stress and antioxidant defenses in biology

Contributors. Preface. Mechanisms of oxygen activation and reactive oxygen species detoxification-- Enrique Cadenas Pathophysiology and reactive oxygen metabolites-- Yan Chen, Allen M. Miles and Mathew B. Grisham Free radical mechanisms of oxidative modification of low density lipoprotein (or the rancidity of body fat)-- Balaraman Kalyanaraman Synthetic prooxidants: drugs, pesticides and other environmental pollutants-- Sidney J. Stohs Metabolic detoxification of plant prooxidants-- May R. Berenbaum Antioxidant mechanisms of secondary natural products-- Richard A. Larson Antioxidant mechanisms of enzymes and proteins-- Sami Ahmad Antioxidant defenses of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium-- Richard D. Cunningham and Holly Ahern Antioxidant defenses of plants and fungi-- David A. Dalton Antioxidant defenses of vertebrates and invertebrates-- Gary W. Felton Genetic regulation of antioxidant defenses in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium-- Holly Ahern and Richard P. Cunningham.