2 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Antiradical and chelating effects in flavonoid protection against silica-induced cell injury
Quercetin, dihydroquercetin, and rutin are capable of scavenging superoxide anion (rate constants of the reaction with superoxide at pH 10 were 1.7 x 10(5), 1.5 x 10(5), and 0.5 x 10…
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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…