This review focuses on the multiple and reciprocal relationships that exist between oxidative
stress, hyperglycemia and diabetes and related metabolic disorders. Human metabolism …

Mitochondria in aerobic eukaryotic cells are both the site of energy production and the
formation of harmful species, such as radicals and other reactive oxygen species, known as …

Glutathione (GSH) is the main non-protein thiol in cells whose functions are dependent on
the redox-active thiol of its cysteine moiety that serves as a cofactor for a number of …

Commercial poultry production is associated with various stresses responsible for
decreasing productive and reproductive performance of growing chicks, breeders and …

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is widely regarded as a cytotoxic agent whose levels must be
minimized by the action of antioxidant defence enzymes. In fact, H2O2 is poorly reactive in …

For a long time mitochondria have mainly been considered for their role in the aerobic
energy production in eukaryotic cells, being the sites of the oxidative phosphorylation, which …

Purpose: The present study was designed to determine the levels of antioxidant enzymes
(superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase) and non-enzymatic …

Anticholinesterase compounds, organophosphates (OPs) and carbamates (CMs) are
commonly used for a variety of purposes in agriculture and in human and veterinary …

Chlorpyrifos (O, O′-diethyl O-3, 5, 6-trichloro-2-pyridyl phosphorothionate, CPF) exposure
in rats causes elevation in the levels of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and …

A large body of experimental research indicates that oxidative stress contributes to the
processes related to aging and to the pathogenesis of several age-related diseases …