Free Radicals in Biology and Environment Book

	Preface
	Contributors
1	Electron Spin Resonance Investigations of Free Radical Toxicology	1
2	Application of Electron Spin Resonance - Spin Trapping (EPR-ST) to the Demonstration of Biologically Relevant Free Radicals	29
3	[superscript 31]P Labeled Cyclic Nitrones: A new Class of Spin Traps for Free Radicals in Biological Milieu	39
4	EPR Studies of Fenton-Type Reactions in Copper-Peroxide Systems	49
5	Factors Controlling the Addition of Carbon Centered Radicals to Alkenes and Alkynes	63
6	Exploring Iron-plus-hydroperoxide-based "Oxygen Activation" Systems. Or: It's Hard to keep Good Radical Down!	79
7	Hypersensitive Probing for Radicals in Cytochrome P-450 Hydroxylations	91
8	Mechanisms of the Oxidation of Alkylaromatics and Aromatic Sulfides by Cytochrome P-450 and Peroxidases	109
9	Mechanisms of Oxidation of Hydrocarbons, Lipids and Low Density Lipoproteins	121
10	Radicals in Aqueous Solution from Fe(III) Complexes with Macrocyclic Ligands Containing Phenolates	133
11	Ion Radicals and Free Radicals in the Processes of the Electrochemical Conversion of CO[subscript 2], SO[subscript 2], NO and Freons to Valuable Organic Products	145
12	The Photochemical Approach to the Functionalization of Alkanes	161
13	Bond Dissociation Energies of Phenolic and Amine Antioxidants	169
14	Dihydrolipoic Acid and Coenzyme Q, Two Natural Compounds with pro- and antioxidation Function	181
15	Antioxidants Dihydropyridines, a New and Comprehensive Therapy for Free Radical induced cardiovascular diseases	193
16	Indolinic and Quinolinic Aminoxyls as Biological Antioxidants	223
17	Extremely Efficient Antioxidants Evolved into Environment from aging Polymeric Materials: Chemiluminescent Monitoring	233
18	Radicals Derived from Amino Acid and Protein Hydroperoxides. Key Mediators in Protein Damage?	251
19	Molecular Pathology of Oxidative Damage Induced by the Myeloperoxidase System of Activated Phagocytes	263
20	Chemistry and Biochemistry of DNA Radicals	271
21	Free Radical Chemistry Associated with C-1' Position of Nucleosides and Nucleic Acids	281
22	Free-Radical Mechanisms of Action of UV and Laser Radiation on Human Blood Cells and Tissues	293
23	Free Radical Reactions in Mechanisms of Damage, Repair and Protection of Blood Systems	305
24	Radiation-induced Free Radical Fragmentation of Cell Membrane Components and the Respective Model Compounds	317
25	Aspects of Nitric Oxide Chemistry and Biochemistry	331
26	Nitrites and Nitrates as Exogenous Sources of Nitric Oxide in the Animal Organism	351
27	Free Radicals in the Atmosphere: the Motor of Tropospheric Oxidation Processes	365
28	Degradation of Atmospheric Pollutants by Tropospheric Free Radical Reactions	387
29	Nighttime Tropospheric Chemistry: The Reactivity of Alkyl- and Alkoxytoluenes with NO[subscript 3] in Gas Phase	409
30	Interaction of Radicals with Atmospheric Aerosols	423
31	Radical Reactivity Modified by Adsorption onto Surfaces and by Complexation with Metals	437
32	Free Radical Reactions Catalyzed by Peroxidases from White Rot Fungi	449
33	Reactions of the Atoms of Oxygen and Hydrogen with the Surfaces of Mineral Salts	467
34	Free Radicals in Natural Water	475
	Index	491