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What Is A Free Radical - Ústav lékařské chemie a biochemie

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Oxidative damage to biomolecules<br />

• Lipids: peroxidation of polyunsaturated<br />

fatty acids in membranes<br />

• Proteins: oxidation of -SH, carbonylation -<br />

NH 2 , hydroxylation/nitrosylation of<br />

aromatic AA, cross-linking, degradation<br />

• Nucleic acids: strand breaks, hydroxylation<br />

of bases ... mutation, cancerogenesis<br />

Lipid peroxidation<br />

(rancidity)<br />

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