Free Radicals in Biology and Environment

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Electron Spin Resonance Investigations of Free Radical Toxicology....Pages 1-27
Application of Electron Spin Resonance-Spin Trapping (EPR-ST) to the Demonstration of Biologically Relevant Free Radicals....Pages 29-37
 31 P Labeled Cyclic Nitrones: A New Class of Spin Traps for Free Radicals in Biological Milieu....Pages 39-47
EPR Studies of Fenton-Type Reactions in Copper- Peroxide Systems....Pages 49-62
Factors Controlling the Addition of Carbon Centered Radicals to Alkenes and Alkynes....Pages 63-78
Exploring Iron-Plus-Hydroperoxide-Based “Oxygen Activation” Systems. Or: It’s Hard to Keep a Good Radical Down!....Pages 79-90
Hypersensitive Probing for Radicals in Cytochrome P450 Hydroxylations....Pages 91-108
Mechanisms of the Oxidation of Alkylaromatics and Aromatic Sulfides by Cytochrome P-450 and Peroxidases....Pages 109-119
Mechanisms of Oxidation of Hydrocarbons, Lipids and Low Density Lipoproteins....Pages 121-131
Radicals in Aqueous Solution from Fe(III) Complexes with Macrocyclic Ligands Containing Phenolates....Pages 133-144
Ion Radicals and Free Radicals in the Processes of the Electrochemical Conversion of CO 2 , SO 2 , NO and Freons to Valuable Organic Products....Pages 145-159
The Photochemical Approach to the Functionalization of Alkanes....Pages 161-168
Bond Dissociation Energies of Phenolic and Amine Antioxidants....Pages 169-179
Dihydrolipoic Acid and Coenzyme Q, Two Natural Compounds with Pro- and Antioxidation Function....Pages 181-192
Antioxidant Dihydropyridines, A New and Comprehensive Therapy for Free Radical-Induced Cardiovascular Diseases....Pages 193-221
Indolinic and Quinolinic Aminoxyls as Biological Antioxidants....Pages 223-232
Extremely Efficient Antioxidants Evolved into Environment from Aging Polymeric Materials: Chemiluminescent Monitoring....Pages 233-250
Radicals Derived from Amino Acid and Protein Hydroperoxides — Key Mediators in Protein Damage ?....Pages 251-262
Molecular Pathology of Oxidative Damage Induced by the Myeloperoxidase System of Activated Phagocytes....Pages 263-270
Chemistry and Biochemistry of DNA Radicals....Pages 271-280
Free Radical Chemistry Associated with C-1’ Position of Nucleosides and Nucleic Acids....Pages 281-292
Free-Radical Mechanisms of Action of UV and Laser Radiation on Human Blood Cells and Tissues....Pages 293-303
Free Radical Reactions in Mechanisms of Damage, Repair and Protection of Blood Systems....Pages 305-315
Radiation-Induced Free Radical Fragmentation of Cell Membrane Components and the Respective Model Compounds....Pages 317-329
Aspects of Nitric Oxide Chemistry and Biochemistry....Pages 331-349
Nitrites and Nitrates as Exogenous Sources of Nitric Oxide in the Animal Organism....Pages 351-363
Free Radicals in the Atmosphere: The Motor of Tropospheric Oxidation Processes....Pages 365-385
Degradation of Atmospheric Pollutants by Tropospheric Free Radical Reactions....Pages 387-408
Nighttime Tropospheric Chemistry: The Reactivity of Alkyl- and Alkoxytoluenes with NO 3 in Gas Phase....Pages 409-422
Interaction of Radicals with Atmospheric Aerosols....Pages 423-435
Radical Reactivity Modified by Adsorption onto Surfaces and by Complexation with Metals....Pages 437-448
Free Radical Reactions Catalyzed by Peroxidases from White Rot Fungi....Pages 449-465
Reactions of the Atoms of Oxygen and Hydrogen with the Surfaces of Mineral Salts....Pages 467-474
Free Radicals in Natural Water....Pages 475-489
Back Matter....Pages 491-500