Antioxidant Adaptation : Its Role in Free Radical Pathology

San Leandro, California: Biocurrents Division, Alergy Reasearch Group , 1986. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. Previous owner's name. Pages are unmarked but for 2 highlighted paragraphs. No underlining. No margin notes. Illustrated with diagrams and micrographs. Has chapters on the biochemistry of free radicals; oxidative damage and the antioxidant defense system; free radical oxidant toxins of polluted air; the lung as a model for oxidant-induced inflammatory and degenerative changes; cellular pathology and inflammation mediated by free radical toxins; adaptation to oxidative stress & a free radical-hypoxia theory of carcinogenesis (beyond adaptation); liver biotransformation of xenobiotic chemical, foods, and drugs to free radical oxidants. Appendices. Comprehensive bibliography (that fills 34 pages). Index. Bound in the original maroon cloth. Gilt lettering is bright and shiny. . Second printing, revised. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition./No jacket. 8vo. xviii, 367pp.