03168nam 2200601 a 450 991096786900332120251117090909.01-61324-943-8(CKB)2550000000045027(EBL)3019771(SSID)ssj0000521919(PQKBManifestationID)12187539(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521919(PQKBWorkID)10527276(PQKB)11326546(MiAaPQ)EBC3019771(Au-PeEL)EBL3019771(CaPaEBR)ebr10671336(OCoLC)923661887(BIP)30216080(EXLCZ)99255000000004502720100528d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDecreasing oxidative stress and retarding the aging process /Borut Poljsak1st ed.New York Nova Biomedical Booksc20101 online resource (220 p.)Aging issues, health and financial alternativesDescription based upon print version of record.1-61728-345-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction to the aging process -- Description of the problem -- Metabolic rate and life span -- The evolutionary reasons for not perfecting the prevention of free radical formation -- Methods to decrease oxidative stress and retard the aging process -- How do methods claiming to decrease oxidative stress compare with studies on long-lived populations? -- Methodology for detection of oxidative state in biological systems.Ageing is an inevitable biological process that affects most living organisms. The link between metabolic rate and reactive oxygen species production is an important and long-standing question, and a source of much controversy. A by-product of cell respiration in mitochondria is the formation of reactive oxygen species due to electron leakage from the electron transport chain during oxidative phosphorylation. In simple terms, humans are ageing due to oxygen consumption. Damage induced by oxygen appears to be the major contributor to ageing and the degenerative diseases of ageing such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, immune system decline, and brain dysfunction. This book presents the reasons for oxidative stress formation and the answer to why during the course of evolution the process of free radical damage and defense did not become more perfect so as to produce less free radicals.Aging issues, health and financial alternatives series.Oxidative stressAgingPhysiological aspectsAntioxidantsPhysiological effectOxidative stress.AgingPhysiological aspects.AntioxidantsPhysiological effect.616.3/9Poljsak Borut1188752MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910967869003321Decreasing oxidative stress and retarding the aging process4470177UNINA