Activation of the Fifth Component of Human Complement by Oxygen-Derived Free Radicals, and by Methionine Oxidizing Agents: A Comparison

Activation of the fifth component of hum

Activation of the fifth component of human complement, C5, without cleavage, by methionine oxidizing agents

✍ W. Vogt; B. Zimmermann; D. Hesse; R. Nolte 📂 Article 📅 1992 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 707 KB

Cleavage of the Fifth Component of Human

Cleavage of the Fifth Component of Human Complement and Release of a Split Product with C5a-like Activity by Crystalline Silica through Free Radical Generation and Kallikrein Activation

✍ Mario Governa; Ivana Fenoglio; Monica Amati; Matteo Valentino; Lucia Bolognini; 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 113 KB

The antioxidant effect of rebamipide on

The antioxidant effect of rebamipide on oxygen free radical production by H. pylori -activated human neutrophils: in comparison with N-acetylcysteine, ascorbic acid and glutathione

✍ Weon-Seon Hong; Hwoon-Yong Jung; Suk-Kyun Yang; Seung Jae Myung; Jin Ho Kim; You 📂 Article 📅 2001 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 115 KB

Bio-Assays for Oxidative Stress Status |

Bio-Assays for Oxidative Stress Status || IN VIVO TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY: COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT ANALYTICAL METHODS11Mention of a trade name, proprietary product, or specific equipment does not constitute a guarantee by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and does not imply its approval to the exclusion of other products that may be suitable.Address correspondence to: R. L. Prior, Ph.D., USDA, ARS, HNRCA, 711 Washington St., Boston, MA 02111, USA; Tel: (617) 556–3311; Fax: (617) 556-3222; E-Mail: [email protected]. Ronald Prior is a Nutritionist and Laboratory Chief of the Phytochemical Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University, Boston, MA. Dr. Prior received his B.S. degree with honors from the University of Nebraska and he received his Ph.D. in Nutrition and Biochemistry from Cornell University in 1972. Dr. Prior has worked with the USDA for more than 20 years.During the past 12 years at the HNRCA, he has been Scientific Program Officer and has directed research activities dealing with the role of flavonoid and other phenolic food components on antioxidant status, their metabolism, and relationships to diseases of aging.Guohua Cao, M.D., Ph.D., is currently a Scientist II at HNRCA. Dr. Cao studied medicine in Nantong Medical College in 1979 and at Nanjing Medical University in 1984. He obtained his Ph.D. in nutritional biochemistry from Beijing Medical University in 1990. Dr. Cao came to the United States in 1991 and worked at NIH where he was instrumental in developing the ORAC method.

✍ PRIOR, RONALD L. 📂 Article 📅 2001 🏛 Elsevier 🌐 English ⚖ 986 KB

This work contains over thirty chapters by leading researchers in the field of oxidative biology, originally presented as articles in an extended Forum in the highly-cited journal, *Free Radical Biology & Medicine*. The papers in this Forum (or Symposium-in-print) spanned seven issues of the journal