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Reactive oxygen species
| Free radicals: a free radical is any species capable of independent existence that contains one or more unpaired electrons. (B. Halliwell and J. M. C. Gutteridge, Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine, 2007) | |
| Reactive Oxygen Species | |
| O2•− | superoxide |
| HO• | hydroxyl radical |
| 1O2 | singlet oxygen |
| H2O2 | hydrogen peroxide |
| ONOO− | peroxynitrite |
