First Published in 1988, this three-volume set offers a full insight into the immune systems and its response to antioxidants. Carefully compiled and filled with diagrams, references and information this set is recommended for students of immunology and other professionals in their respective fields.
Volume I.
1. Microsomal Oxygen Radical Generation Relationship to the Initiation of
Lipid Peroxidation. 2. The Generation of Reactive Dioxygen Species and Their
Reactions with Organic Substrates.
3. Spin Trapping of Free Radicals in
Whole Cells, Isolated Organs, and In Vivo. 4. The Formation of Free Radical
Metabolites by Mammalian Peroxidases. 5. The Fate and Reactivity of Lipid
Proteins.
6. Metabolic Fate of Peroxidation Products.
7. Consequences of
Biological Lipid Peroxidation.
8. Oxidative and Cooxidative Reactions During
Biosynthesis of Prostaglandins, Hydroxyeicosanoids, and Leukotrienes. 9.
Role of Vitamin E and Selenium in Arachidonic Cascade. 10. Activated
Phagocytes, Oxygen Radicals, and Tissue Injury.
11. Lipid Peroxidation and
Hepatoxicity. 12. Lipid Protection and the Kidney. 13. Oxidative Damage to
the Red Blood Cells. 14. Oxidative Damage and Toxicity of Environmental
Pollutants. Index.
Volume II.
15. The Antioxidant Proteins of Extracellular Fluids.
16. Proteolytic
Systems as Secondary Antioxidant Defenses.
17. The Phospholipid
Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase: A Peroxidation Inhibition Enzyme.
18.
Lipid Protection, Membrane Damage, and Phospholipase A Action.
19.
Malondialdehyde in Biological Systems.
20. Synergistic Inhibition of
Oxidation by Vitamin E and Vitamin C.
21. DT Diaphorase and the Toxicity of
Quinones: Status and Perspectives. 22. Influences of Selenium Deficiency and
Glutathione Status on Liver Metabolism. 23. Phagocyte Oxidants and
Protective Mechanisms.
24. Antioxidant Mechanisms in Radiation Injury and
Radioprotection. 25. Factors Affecting Antioxidant Defense Potential.
26.
Interrelationships of Cellular Antioxidant Defense Systems. Index.
Volume III.
27. Role of Oxidative Damage in the Aging Process. 28. Oxidative Damage and
Respiratory Diseases.
29. Visual Disorders and Oxidative Reactions.
30. The
Role of Oxygen Radicals in Brain Injury and Edema.
31. Oxidative Reactions
and Connective Tissue Diseases.
32. Superoxide and Inflammation.
33.
Oxidative Damage and Its Relevance to Inflammatory Joint Disease.
34.
Oxidative Damage and Myeloproliferative Disorders.
35. Metabolism of
Arachidonic Acids in Diabetes Mellitus.
36. The Role of Oxygen-Derived Free
Radicals in the Pathogenesis of Ischemic Bowel.
37. Lipid Protection and
Antioxidant Protection of the Heart in Stress, Ischemia, and Arrhythmias.
Index
Ching Kuang Chow
