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ReviewIndian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB2024

Harmful Free Radicals in Aging: A Narrative Review of Their Detrimental Effects on Health.

Yasser Fakri Mustafa

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Review in Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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1 author.

Yasser Fakri MustafaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq.ORCID 0000-0002-0926-7428

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The production of harmful free radicals (H-FRs), especially those with oxygen or nitrogen atoms, depends on both internal and environmental causes. The negative effects of H-FRs are greatly alleviated by antioxidant protection. The harmful impact of oxidative stress, or OS, is brought on by a disparity between the defense mechanisms of the body and the creation of H-FRs. Aging is characterized by a slow decline in tissue and organ competence. Age-mediated pathologies start as an aberrant accumulation of H-FRs, which inhibit cells' capacity to divide, repair, and operate, based on the OS theorem of aging. The natural outcome of this situation is apoptosis. These conditions may include skeletal muscle dysfunction, cancer, cardiovascular, chronic hepatitis, chronic renal, and chronic pulmonary disorders. Given the substantial role that OS plays in the progression of many of these illnesses, antioxidant-based therapy may have a favorable impact on how these diseases progress. To ascertain the true efficacy of this therapy strategy, more research is necessary. The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the literature on this challenging issue that is attracting interest.

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AntioxidantChronic diseasesFree radicalsOxidative stressPathology

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PMID38577147
PMCPMC10987461

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