Fundamental and Biomedical Aspects of Redox Processes - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1668471981 ISBN 13: 9781668471982

Publisher: Igi Global Scientific Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

"Redox processes represent a major advancement in water treatment technology representing a new and unique way of water medium treatment by its natural process of electrochemical oxidation/reduction and adsorption action which reduces and/or removes manyunwanted contaminants from water. Such processes control the chemical speciation, bioavailability, toxicity, mobility, and adsorption of water pollutants in the environment. At a cellular level, redox signaling occurs when specific molecules like free radicals, reactive oxygen species, and other compounds influence the system and serve as indicators that are involved with a wide range of biological processes. Redox molecules are made by mitochondria responsible for intracellular communication. Cell signaling is vital for health because it ensures things like immune function, tissue repair, cell development, hormone operations, and essentially every single bodily process. These signals allow cells to detect damage, protect themselves, and repair or replace injured cells. Understanding such transformations require complex approaches and extensive research of electronic structure, thermodynamics, kinetics, and catalysis of the redox reactions. Although many studies have been conducted in this area so far, the problem is far from being sufficiently unraveled"--

Edition details

• Publisher: Igi Global Scientific Publishing
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1668471981
• ISBN 13: 9781668471982
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 450
• Editor: Duca Gheorghe, Vaseashta Ashok