Reactive oxygen species, toxicity, oxidative stress, and antioxidants: chronic diseases and aging

🤖 Plain-English Summary

A physiological level of oxygen/nitrogen free radicals and non-radical reactive species (collectively known as ROS/RNS) is termed oxidative eustress or "good stress" and is characterized by low to mild levels of oxidants involved in the regulation of various biochemical transformations such as carboxylation, hydroxylation, peroxidation, or modulation of signal transduction pathways such as Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB), Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade, phosphoinositide-3-kinase, nucl...

🔑 Key Findings

• Increased levels of ROS/RNS, generated from both endogenous (mitochondria, NADPH oxidases) and/or exogenous sources (radiation, certain drugs, foods, cigarette smoking, pollution) result in a harmful condition termed oxidative stress ("bad stress").
• Although it is widely accepted, that many chronic diseases are multifactorial in origin, they share oxidative stress as a common denominator.
• Here we review the importance of oxidative stress and the mechanisms through which oxidative stress contributes to the pathological states of an organism.

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