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SUBMITTER: Zeng M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7060664 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zeng Meirong M Heine Nadja N Wilson Kevin R KR
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20200218 9
Autoxidation is an autocatalytic free-radical chain reaction responsible for the oxidative destruction of organic molecules in biological cells, foods, plastics, petrochemicals, fuels, and the environment. In cellular membranes, lipid autoxidation (peroxidation) is linked with oxidative stress, age-related diseases, and cancers. The established mechanism of autoxidation proceeds via H-atom abstraction through a cyclic network of peroxy-hydroperoxide-mediated free-radical chain reactions. For a s ...[more]