Handbook of oxidants and antioxidants in exercise. (2000)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Chandan K. Sen, Lester Packer, Osmo O.P. Hänninen.
• Other Names: Sen, Chandan K; Packer, Lester; Hänninen, Osmo
• Contents: Due to space limitations only a selection of the published papers are listed. ; Preface; Part I: Introduction to free radicals. ; Free radical chemistry; Part II: Reactive species in tissues. ; Exercise and oxygen radical production by muscle; Exercise and xanthine oxidase in the vasculature; superoxide and nitric oxide interactions; Part III: Oxidative stress: Mechanisms and manifestations. ; Chemical bases and biological relevance of protein oxidation; Oxidative DNA damage in exercise; ; Part IV: Antioxidant defenses. ; Physiological antioxidants and exercise training; ; Antioxidants and physical exercise; Part V: Nutrition. ; Dietary sources and bioavailability of essential and nonessential; antioxidants; Vitamin E; Part VI: Cellular and molecular mechanisms. ; Biological thiols and redox regulation of cellular induced signaling; Regulation and deregulation of vascular smooth muscle cells by; reactive oxygen species and by &agr;-tocopherol; Part VII: Analytical methods. ; Oxidative stress indices: analytical aspects and significance; Noninvasive measures of muscle metabolism; Part VIII: Environmental factors. ; Air pollution and oxidative stress; ; ; Oxidants in skin pathophysiology; Part IX: Organ functions. ; Muscle fatigue: mechanisms and regulation; ; Influence of exercise-induced oxidative stress on the; central nervous system; Part X: Aging. ; Oxidants and aging; Molecular mechanisms of oxidative stress in aging: free radicals; aging, antioxidants and disease; Part XI: Disease processes. ; Oxidative stress, antioxidants and cancer; ; ; Hypoxia, oxidative stress and exercise in rheumatoid arthritis; Index of authors; Subject index. ; ; ;
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Elsevier Science
• Publication Date: 2000
• Extent: 1 online resource (1220 pages)
• Subjects: 612.044; Oxidizing agents; Antioxidants; Exercise -- Physiological aspects; Biochemistry; Exercise -- physiology; Oxidative Stress -- physiology; Antioxidants -- metabolism; Antioxidants -- pharmacology; Antioxydants -- Effets physiologiques; Oxydants -- Effets physiologiques; Exercice -- Aspect physiologique; Antioxidants; Biochemistry; Exercise -- Physiological aspects; Oxidizing agents
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080538297; 0080538290
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.