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Antioxidant Activity in the Therapy of Sepsis: From Experimental Data to Clinical Practice

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Abstract

An antioxidant is defined as any substance which delays or prevents the oxidation of a substrate when it is present in small amounts relative to the amount of the substrate itself. Antioxidants are active at several levels of the oxidative sequence and their mechanism of action may be unique.

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Trieste University School of Medicine, Trieste, Italy

    Antonino Gullo M.D. (Head) (Head)

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Novelli, G.P., Casali, R., Falsini, S., Pieraccioli, E. (1996). Antioxidant Activity in the Therapy of Sepsis: From Experimental Data to Clinical Practice. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2203-4_17

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