"Basic Principles and Clinical Significance of Oxidative Stress" ed. by Sivakumar Joghi Thatha Gowder

This book targets all aspects of oxidative stress, including principles, mechanisms, and clinical significance. The book will be a significant source to scientists, physicians, healthcare professionals, and students who are interested in exploring the effect of stress on human life.

It is a natural phenomenon for all living organisms in the world to undergo different kinds of stress during their life span. Stress has become a common problem for human beings in this materialistic world. In this period, a publication of any material on stress will be helpful for the human society.

This book covers four sections: Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress, Natural Compounds as Antioxidants, Antioxidants Health and Disease, and Oxidative Stress and Therapy.
Each of these sections is interwoven with the theoretical aspects and experimental techniques of basic and clinical sciences.

Contents
Preface
1 Regulation of the Redox Environment
2 Protein Oxidation and Redox Regulation of Proteolysis
3 Biochemistry of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species
4 Members of Antioxidant Machinery and Their Functions
5 Antioxidants and Natural Compounds
6 Antioxidants and Natural Compounds in Mexican Foods
7 Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) and its Major Flavonoids — Potential Against Oxidative Stress-Induced Conditions
8 Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defenses Induced by Physical Exercise
9 Antioxidant Status and Sex Hormones in Women with Simple Endometrial Hyperplasia
10 Oxidative Stress-Based Photodynamic Therapy with Synthetic Sensitizers and/or Natural Antioxidants