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. 2023 Aug 19;97(10):2499–2574. doi: 10.1007/s00204-023-03562-9

Table 2.

Oxidative stress biomarkers and their relevance to human diseases

Oxidative stress biomarker Disease References
Malondialdehyde (MDA) Alzheimer’s disease, atherosclerosis, cancer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, obesity Esterbauer et al. (1991)
4-Hydroxynonenal (HNE) Cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, asthma, Waeg et al. (1996)
F2-isoprostanes (F2-isoPs) Cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, amyloidosis, obesity, multiple sclerosis, heart failure, asthma, diabetes, respiratory distress symptom, pancreatitis, rheumatoid disease, obesity, cystic fibrosis, Huntington’s disease Davies and Robert (2011)
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) Atherosclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis Thome et al. (1996)
8-oxo-Guanine cancer, amyloidosis
Oxo-Low density lipoproteins (Oxo-LDL) Cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, amyloidosis, obesity, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Steinberg et al. (1989)
Acrolein Cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, ischemia/reperfusion, Chen et al. (2014)
Cysteine/Cystine Atherosclerosis, AIDS, cystic fibrosis, kidney failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Mills et al. (2000)
GSH/GSSG (reduced/oxidized glutathione) Cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, ischemia/reperfusion, obesity, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Hwang et al. (1992)
NO2-Tyr Cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, multiple sclerosis, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, obesity, cystic fibrosis Herce-Pagliai et al. (1998)
3-Cl-Tyr Cardiovascular diseases, atherosclerosis, heart failure, obesity, cystic fibrosis, kidney diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases Kettle et al. (2014)