Sentences with phrase «toxic reactive oxygen»

It has been known for quite some time that intense exercise increases the production of potentially toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS), which have been linked to aging and most chronic diseases, one way or another.

High glycolytic activity leads to accumulation of toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS), as does rapid manufacture of mitochondria, which tend to leak the same chemicals.

In the case of cisplatin - induced hearing loss, kenpaullone appears to protect hair cells by preventing CDK2 from stimulating the production of toxic reactive oxygen species from the cells» mitochondria.

These aberrantly activated astrocytes overproduced toxic reactive oxygens.

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One such oxygen - removing agent is rocket fuel, scientists from Rutgers University found specifically, vapors of hydrazine, a highly reactive and toxic compound.

It has been theorized that the major cause of bleaching is the result of chloroplast damage due to heat stress, which results in the production of toxic, highly reactive oxygen molecules during photosynthesis.

This metabolic demand makes brain cells particularly vulnerable to damage from oxidative stress, in which reactive oxygen species (ROS), sometimes called free radicals, exert toxic effects on cellular components.

Oxidative stress reflects an imbalance between the reactive oxygen that is generated by normal cell metabolism and the cell's ability to handle toxic byproducts from that metabolism.

These single strands are particularly vulnerable to assaults by reactive oxygen species — toxic byproducts of respiration — that could cause changes in the genetic information they contain.

The radiation triggers a shower of reactive oxygen compounds which are toxic to all sorts of parts of the cell: «Proteins, lipids, they chew up any biological molecule,» Lin said.