The role of iron in the initiation of li
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Giorgio Minotti; Steven D. Aust
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Article
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1987
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Iron is required for the initiation of lipid peroxidation. Evidence is presented that lipid peroxidation requires both Fe 3รท and Fe aรท, perhaps with oxygen to form a Fe3+-dioxygen-Fe 2รท complex. Other mechanisms of initiation, mostly involving the iron-catalyzed formation of hydroxyl radical, axe de