3 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1984
Asbestos catalyzes hydroxyl and superoxide radical generation from hydrogen peroxide
…hydroxyl radicals from a normal byproduct of tissue metabolism, hydrogen peroxide. The iron chelator desferroxamine inhibits this reaction, indicating a major role for iron in the catalytic process, and suggesting a possible mechanism by which asbestos…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Asbestos and the pleura: a review
…in pleural disease, laboratory research on how asbestos damages cells, and United States public policy. They described four benign pleural reactions (effusions, circumscribed plaques, diffuse pleural thickening and rounded atelectasis) as well as mesothelioma. Citing other…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
The role of free radicals in asbestos-induced diseases
…this reactive radical. However, asbestos also appears to catalyze electron transfer reactions that do not require iron. Iron chelators either inhibit or augment asbestos-catalyzed generation of the hydroxyl radical and/or pathological changes, depending on…