Peroxides, formation caused aging

It is known that metals such as zinc and copper become more concentrated in the brain with increasing age and that these metals can induce Ab aggregation, thereby enhancing the deposition of senile plaques. In addition, the presence of these metals with Ab initiates the formation of hydrogen peroxide which causes oxidative damage to neurons. By using... 

Primary and secondary products, and end-products of lipid peroxidation have all been shown to accumulate in senile cataracts (Babizhayev, 1989b Simonelli et al., 1989). Accumulation of these compounds in the lenticular epithelial membranes is a possible cause of damage preceding cataract formation. In senile cataracts there is also extensive oxidation of protein methionine and cysteine in both the membrane and cytosol components (Garner and Spector, 1980), while in aged normal lenses a lesser extent of oxidation was confined to the membrane. The authors therefore suggested that oxidation of membrane components was a precataract state. 

The effect of acidity caused by alum-rosin size has been obviated by the substitution of sizing agents which are effective slightly on the alkaline side of neutrality. It has been established that papers of satisfactory permanence can be manufactured with such sizes. It is possible to use rosin as a size and to avoid the conjunction with alum by a number of processes. There are insufficient data on the aging characteristics of paper sized with the available modified rosin sizes to judge the effect on permanence. Possible reactions of the rosin, such as oxidation and formation of peroxides, must be considered. 

Halothane is a volatile general anesthetic that was introduced into the practice of clinical anesthesia in 1956. Shortly after its introduction two forms of hepatic injury were noted to occur in patients who received halothane anesthesia. A subclinical increase in blood concentration of transaminase enzymes is observed in 20% of patients and has been attributed to lipid peroxidation caused by the free radical formed by reductive metabolism of halothane as shown in Figure 16.7 (39/ 40). The second form of toxicity is a potentially fatal hepatitis-like reaction that is characterized by severe hepatocellular necrosis and is thought to be initiated by the oxidative formation of trifluoroacetyl chloride (Figure 16.7). Fatal hepatic necrosis occurs in only 1 of 35/000 patients exposed to halothane/ but the risk of this adverse event is greater in females and is increased with repeat exposure/ obesity/ and advancing age (40). Because the onset of halothane hepatitis is delayed but is more frequent and occurs more rapidly following multiple exposures/ and because these patients usually are febrile and demonstrate eosinophilia/ this reaction is suspected... 

Excess iron can lead to diabetes mellitus, faulty liver functions, and endocrine disturbance. Iron is a catalyst for oxidative damage leading to lipid peroxidation. The latest hypotheses link peroxidation to heart disease, cancer, and accelerated aging. Iron is involved in the Fenton Reaction, which catalyzes the formation of free radicals that cause excessive damage to cells and their components. 

Beside the bactericidal function of nanosilver discussed in the literature, there are many factors that can cause the undesirable cytotoxicity effect of nanomaterials. The reason for silver s cytotoxicity should also be found in the formation of ROS, which damage the DNA and RNA of the cells by way of apoptosis. Due to the strong reduction-oxidation function (redox) of precious metals, nAg increase the ROS concentration and induce oxidation stress in the cells, initiating the peroxidation process, which causes a deformation of the cell membrane s structure, the latter s depolarization and the inhibition of the membrane enzymes activity. This leads to the loss in the integrity of the cell membrane and a disorder of the oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria [6], which in consequence, contributes to cell degradation and leads to numerous diseases and accelerated ageing of the body [7]. 

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