Cover -- Title page -- Foreword -- Contents -- Alternative Functions of Mitochondria -- The Enzymatic Systems in the Regulation of Free Radical Lipid Peroxidation -- Flavanols and Procyanidins as Modulators of Oxidation in vitro and in vivo -- Estimation of Oxidative and Lipids Peroxidation DNA Adduct in Urine and DNA. Methodological Aspects and Application in Molecular Epidemiology -- Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress Mediated by Cyclosporine A in Endothelial Cells -- Early Signaling with Iron and Copper in Ischemic Preconditioning of the Heart -- Multiple Mechanisms Regulating Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase -- Nitric Oxide. Its Generation, Reactions and Role in Physiology -- Redox-Regulated Glutathionylation of Transcription Factors: A Regulatory Mode for Gene Expression -- Sulphur-Containing Amino Acids, Glutathione and the Modulation of Inflammation -- Molecular Events of the Inflammation Process that are Affected by α-Tocopherol. Antioxidants and Gene Expression in the Process of Inflammation and Wound Repair -- Redox Regulation, Cytokine, and Nitric Oxide in Inflammation -- Non-Traditional Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Arterial Inflammatory Response in End-Stage Renal Disease -- Significance of Reactive Oxygen Species for Neuronal Function -- Protein Aggregates and the Development of Neurodegenerative Diseases -- Inflammatory Response of the Brain Following Cerebral Ischemia -- Carnosine as Natural Antioxidant and Neuroprotector: Biological Functions and Possible Clinical Use -- Atherosclerosis as a Free Radical Pathology and Antioxidative Therapy of this Disease -- H[sub(2)]O[sub(2)] Sensors of Lungs and Blood Vessels and their Role in the Antioxidant Defense of the Body -- Oxidative Lung Injury -- Proper Design of Human Intervention Studies, Power Calculations -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- F -- G -- I -- K -- L -- M -- O.

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