Comparison of Glutathione, Cysteine, and Their Redox Potentials in the Plasma of Critically Ill and Healthy Children

Oxidative stress is known to play a role in critical illness due to an imbalance in reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species, and the body's ability to detoxify pro-oxidants using small molecule anti-oxidants and anti-oxidant enzymes. To compare the concentrations of plasma redox m...

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Published in:	Frontiers in pediatrics Vol. 3; p. 46
Main Authors:	Grunwell, Jocelyn R., Gillespie, Scott E., Ward, Janine M., Fitzpatrick, Anne M., Brown, Lou Ann, Gauthier, Theresa W., Hebbar, Kiran B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 26.05.2015
Subjects:	Cysteine Glutathione Oxidative Stress Pediatric critical Illness Pediatrics redox potential redox potential critical illness glutathione oxidative stress cysteine pediatric
ISSN:	2296-2360, 2296-2360
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