2 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Prevention of asbestos-induced cell death in rat lung fibroblasts and alveolar macrophages by scavengers of active oxygen species
…active oxygen species. In this regard, the iron associated with the fiber and/or its interaction with cell membranes might be critical in driving a modified Haber-Weiss (Fenton-type) reaction resulting in production of OH(.).
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Oxygen radicals and asbestos-mediated disease
Asbestos fibers are potent elaborators of active oxygen species whether by reactions involving iron on the surface of the fiber, or by attempted phagocytosis of fibers by cell types resident in the lung. The link between…