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Cellular strategies have been created to help detect and detoxify any metabolites of molecular oxygen. These metabolites are known as reactive oxygen species or free radicals. This article goes in-depth on the correct and incorrect production of oxidants in the human body. Both forms of production allow the human body to respond to oxidative stress. There have been studies shown that oxidative stress is connected to aging in the life span and development.



Reactive oxygen species are important physiological regulators of intracellular signaling pathways. There is evidence that these free radicals regulate physiological parameters that range from the response to growth factor stimulation. Reactive oxygen species also help to generate an inflammatory response. However, there is research being conducted to discover if reactive oxygen species may contribute to a host of human neurodegenerative diseases.

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