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. 2020 Aug 27;37:101696. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101696

Table 1C.

The subcellular organelles of ROS generation and scavenging system are organized as follows. Among the twelve subcellular localizations, mitochondria, peroxisome, plasma membrane, cytosol and nucleus cause more than five types of ROS.

Organelle Mt Px PM Cyto Nuc Golgi Caveolae ER Phagosome Microsome SR ECM
O2▪− + + + + + + + + +
NO▪ + + + + +
NO2▪ + + +
OH + + + +
ROO + + + +
RO + + + +
CO3 +
H2O2 + + + +
ONOO
1O2 + + + +
HOCl + + +
+

Indicates relative ROS generation enzyme subcellular localization and - indicates relative ROS scavenging enzyme subcellular localization.