Nutritional Supplementation with the Mushroom Agaricus sylvaticus Reduces Oxidative Stress in Children with HIV by Marcela S Figueira, Luana A Sá, Amanda S Vasconcelos, Danilo R Moreira, Paula SOC Laurindo, Danielle RG Ribeiro, Rogério S Santos, Paulo Guzzo, Maria F Dolabela, Sandro Percario

“…BACKGROUND: The involvement of free radicals and oxidative stress in HIV infection has been extensively studied, and the benefits of antioxidant supplementation in animal studies have been demonstrated. …”
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An orally administered gold nanocluster with ROS scavenging for inflammatory bowel disease treatment by Fei Wang, Qianhui Li, Tingting Xu, Zhu Li, Yongxin Jiang, Yan Ma, Xiaohu Li, Wanni Wang, Haisheng Qian

“…Au25 NCs can eliminate ROS such as ABTS radicals, superoxide free radicals (•O2−), and hydroxyl free radicals (•OH), upregulate the expression level of antioxidant enzymes, inhibit the expression of proinflammatory cytokines, and finally interrupt the inflammatory circuit of IBD to achieve the effective prevention and delayed treatment of IBD. …”
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Effect of cerebrolysin on dopaminergic neurodegeneration of rat with oxidative stress induced by 3-nitropropionic acid by Calderón Guzmán David, Brizuela Norma Osnaya, Ortíz Herrera Maribel, Hernández García Ernestina, Barragán Mejía Gerardo, Juárez Olguín Hugo, Valenzuela Peraza Armando, Attilus Jonas, Labra Ruíz Norma

“…The study tested the hypothesis that cerebrolysin protects the brain from free radicals in rats treated with 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NPA). …”
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Mitochondrial Stress Signalling: HTRA2 and Parkinson's Disease by Enrico Desideri, L. Miguel Martins

“…These organelles can sow the seeds of their own demise because they generate damaging oxygen-free radicals as a byproduct of their intrinsic physiological functions. …”
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The Role of Oxidative Stress in the Aging Process by Barbara F. Oliveira, José Augusto Nogueira-Machado, Míriam M. Chaves

“…Among all aging theories, the most updated one describes the free radicals. It implies that progressive aging is associated with higher levels of oxidative biomolecules reacted with free radicals. …”
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Gene Polymorphisms of the antioxidant enzymes NOX, GSTP, and GPX and diabetic nephropathy risk in Saudi patients with type 2 diabetes by Samar Sultan, Meshari Alharbi, Nuha Alrayes, Nehad Makki, Amani Alhozali, Reham Abdulnoor, Aloof Alsawat, Haitham Khalil, Noha Jawi, Ahmed Makeen

“…Hyperglycaemia-mediated increases in free radicals have a deleterious effect on cellular compartments and nucleic acids, leading to imbalances between free radicals and antioxidant enzymes. …”
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Phytochemicals Mediated Remediation of Neurotoxicity Induced by Heavy Metals by Vivek Kumar Gupta, Shweta Singh, Anju Agrawal, Nikhat Jamal Siddiqi, Bechan Sharma

“…The mechanism by which the heavy metals induce neurotoxicity follows free radicals production pathway(s) specially the generation of reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species. …”
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The Anti-Inflammatory Role of Vitamin E in Prevention of Osteoporosis by A. S. Nazrun, M. Norazlina, M. Norliza, S. Ima Nirwana

“…Vitamin E, a potent antioxidant, may be able to neutralise free radicals before they could activate NFκB, therefore suppressing cytokine production and osteoporosis. …”
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Isotropic Spin Trap EPR Spectra Simulation by Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) by S. Laachir, M. Moussetad, R. Adhiri, A. Fahli

“…The detection and investigation of free radicals forming in living systems became possible due to the introduction of the method of spin traps. …”
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Unveiling the Mechanisms for Decreased Glutathione in Individuals with HIV Infection by Devin Morris, Carlos Guerra, Clare Donohue, Hyoung Oh, Melissa Khurasany, Vishwanath Venketaraman

“…In addition, we observed increased levels of free radicals, interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-17 (IL-17) and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in plasma samples derived from HIV+ individuals compared to healthy subjects. …”
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In Vivo Healing Potential of Aegle marmelos in Excision, Incision, and Dead Space Wound Models by M. K. Gautam, V. Purohit, M. Agarwal, A. Singh, R. K. Goel

“…A. marmelos seems to promote wound healing by enhancing connective tissue formation and antioxidants status with decrease in free radicals and myeloperoxidase having tissue damaging effects.…”
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Antioxidant Activity of Bioactive Compounds in the Ethyl Acetate Extract of Putat Leaves (Planchonia valida) by Nelson, Desy Vania Silaban, Faizar Farid, Ratih Dyah Puspitasari, Indra Lasmana Tarigan, Ilham Ifandi Ramadhan, Madyawati Latief

“…Antioxidants are known to have the ability to inhibit or neutralize free radicals in the human body. This study tested antioxidant activity using the DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-1,1-picrylhydrazyl) method on isolating F1. …”
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Chemical Kinetic Study on Dual-Fuel Combustion: The Ignition Properties of n-Dodecane/Methane Mixture by Weijian Zhou, Song Zhou, Hongyuan Xi, Majed Shreka, Zhao Zhang

“…Through the analysis of reaction paths, sensitivity, and rates of production and consumption of methane/n-dodecane, it was explained how n-dodecane accelerates methane ignition through the rapidly formed free radicals.…”
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Molecular Mechanisms Contributing Bacterial Infections to the Incidence of Various Types of Cancer by Salah A. Sheweita, Awad S. Alsamghan

“…It has been found that inflammations induced cancer via different mechanisms including induction of cell proliferation and production of high levels of free radicals. Recently, free radicals were found to induce and cause various types of cancer. …”
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DPPH Scavenging Activity, Reducing Power, and Metal Chelating Capacity of Compound 1-(2,5-dihydroxyphenyl)-3-pyridine-2-yl-propenone by Navista Sri Octa Ujiantari, Andy Eko Wibowo, Ratna Asmah Susidarti

“…The excessive free radicals in the body could stimulate oxidative stress which has been implicated in several diseases such as cancer, inflammation, aging, and cardiovascular diseases. …”
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Jamblang (Syzygium cumini) leaf extract decreased hydrogen peroxide in lead acetate-induced rats by Rauza Sukma Rita, Elmatris Sy, Endrinaldi

“… Background: Free radicals are atoms or molecules with one or more unpaired electrons. …”
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Structures of Astaxanthin and Their Consequences for Therapeutic Application by Tatas Hardo Panintingjati Brotosudarmo, Leenawaty Limantara, Edi Setiyono, Heriyanto

“…The molecule quenches harmful singlet oxygen, scavenges peroxyl and hydroxyl radicals and converts them into more stable compounds, prevents the formation of free radicals, and inhibits the autoxidation chain reaction. …”
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Crystal Guava (Psidium guajava L. “Crystal”): Evaluation of In Vitro Antioxidant Capacities and Phytochemical Content by Rika Hartati, Hashifah I. Nadifan, Irda Fidrianny

“…Free radicals can cause many diseases, such as cancer. …”
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Molecular genetic bases of seed resistance to oxidative stress during storage by N. A. Shvachko, E. K. Khlestkina

“…During storage seeds suffer physiological stress consequences, one of which is the accumulation of free radicals, primarily reactive oxygen species (ROS). …”
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Extraction of Antioxidant Peptides and Activity Evaluation of Frog (Rana nigromaculata) Skin by Ultra-high Pressure Assisted Enzyme Hydrolysis by Xicai ZHANG, Rong LI, Yechuan HUANG

“…Results showed that 1~2000 Da small molecule peptides possessed the optimal antioxidant effect compared to other peptides in the same molecular weight range, the scavenging capacity of DPPH free radicals and ABTS+ free radicals reached 76.93% and 59.23%, respectively. …”
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