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Free Radicals in Biology and Environment pp 1–27Cite as

Electron Spin Resonance Investigations of Free Radical Toxicology

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Free radicals are difficult to detect, identify, and quantitate because of their reactivity. The reactivity of free radicals is also ultimately responsible for their toxicity. A free radical is any reactive organic or inorganic molecule with an odd number of electrons resulting in a species with one unpaired electron. Molecular oxygen with two unpaired electrons (a triplet species) and transition metals and their complexes with one or more unpaired electrons are excluded based on their stability.

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Mason, R.P. (1997). Electron Spin Resonance Investigations of Free Radical Toxicology. In: Minisci, F. (eds) Free Radicals in Biology and Environment. NATO ASI Series, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1607-9_1

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