Reactive species and antioxidants. Redox biology is a fundamental theme of aerobic life.

摘要

This paper provides an overview of the redox biology by discussing photosynthesis, oxygen toxicity, oxygen radicals and related species (singlet oxygen, superoxide radical), the role of free radicals and the damage they can do (together with other reactive species), antioxidant defences, scavenging reactive oxygen species, and oxidative stress and damage..