2 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Surface reactivity and cell responses to chrysotile asbestos nanofibers
…Alps. Electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and fluorescence spectroscopy revealed that the procedure does not affect mineralogical and chemical composition. Surface reactions related to oxidative stress, free radical generation, bioavailability of iron, and antioxidant depletion, revealed…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Long and short fiber amosite asbestos alters at a different extent the redox metabolism in human lung epithelial cells
…cells A549, long amosite fibers, more effectively than the short ones, initiate free radical reactions, inhibit the glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity and the pentose phosphate pathway, decrease the intracellular level of reduced glutathione, and increase…