2 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Tobacco smoke: involvement of reactive oxygen species and stable free radicals in mechanisms of oxidative damage, carcinogenesis and synergistic effects with other respirable particles
…8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (a biomarker for carcinogenesis). Also, we observed synergistic effects in the generation of HO(), through the Fenton reaction, with environmental respirable particles (asbestos fibres, coal dust, etc.) and ambient particulate matter (PM)…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
A study of the synergistic interaction of asbestos fibers with cigarette tar extracts for the generation of hydroxyl radicals in aqueous buffer solution
…This enhancement progressed with time, probably due to the reaction of the extracted iron with the slow released hydrogen peroxide from tar extracts. It was observed a fivefold increase in the ESR signal (for crocidolite and…