Introduction: reactive oxygen species in health and disease

Reactive oxygen species (ROS)—superoxide radicals, hydrogen peroxide and other related compounds—are produced continuously in most tissues. ROS can react with many different macromolecules and thereby cause damage to, for example, DNA, proteins and lipids ([Droge 2002][1]). ROS, therefore, play

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