Oxidants and Antioxidant Therapy - 03/09/11
Résumé |
Oxygen free-radicals and other toxic metabolites of oxygen have been implicated in a number of disease processes. In this article, three objectives are addressed:
1 | To review the rationale for antioxidant therapy in organ injury after sepsis and other inflammatory states; |
2 | To overview the experimental data suggesting potential efficacy for antioxidant therapy; |
3 | To review clinical data regarding the use of antioxidants in preventing or minimizing organ injury. |
Plan
| Address reprint requests to Ori D. Rotstein, MD, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, EN 9-232, Toronto, Ontario Canada, M5G 2C4. e-mail: ori.rotstein@uhn.on.ca The data presented from the author's laboratory was supported by the Medical Research Council of Canada and the Defense and Civil Institute for Environmetnal Medicine. |
Vol 17 - N° 1
P. 239-247 - janvier 2001 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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