Oxidants, antioxidants, and the degenerative diseases of aging.
Work
Year: 1993
Type: review
Abstract: Metabolism, like other aspects of life, involves tradeoffs. Oxidant by-products of normal metabolism cause extensive damage to DNA, protein, and lipid. We argue that this damage (the same as that prod... more
Authors B N Ames, Mark K. Shigenaga, Tory M. Hagen
Institution University of California, Berkeley
Cites: 195
Cited by: 6,029
Related to: 10
FWCI: 15.13
Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 97.47
Subfield: Biochemistry
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green