Abstract Haem oxygenase 1 (HO-1), an inducible enzyme responsible for the breakdown of
haem, is primarily considered an antioxidant, and has long been overlooked by …

Flavonoids are plant pigments that are synthesised from phenylalanine, generally display
marvelous colors known from flower petals, mostly emit brilliant fluorescence when they are …

Eukaryotic cells respond to unfolded proteins in their endoplasmic reticulum (ER stress),
amino acid starvation, or oxidants by phosphorylating the α subunit of translation initiation …

This review focuses on the role of oxidative processes in atherosclerosis and its resultant
cardiovascular events. There is now a consensus that atherosclerosis represents a state of …

The heme oxygenases, which consist of constitutive and inducible isozymes (HO-1, HO-2),
catalyze the rate-limiting step in the metabolic conversion of heme to the bile pigments (ie …

Bcl-2 inhibits most types of apoptotic cell death, implying a common mechanism of lethality.
Bcl-2 is localized to intracellular sites of oxygen free radical generation including …

Breath analysis, a promising new field of medicine and medical instrumentation, potentially
offers noninvasive, real-time, and point-of-care (POC) disease diagnostics and metabolic …

Oxidative stress contributes to the pathophysiology of exposure to heavy metals/metalloid.
Beneficial renal effects of some medications, such as chelation therapy depend at least …

Arsenic trioxide has shown substantial efficacy in treating both newly diagnosed and
relapsedpatients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). As a single agent, it induces …

Accumulating evidence suggests that oxidative stress plays a central role in the
pathogenesis of many pulmonary diseases including adult respiratory distress syndrome …