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Markers of Oxidative Stress in Erythrocytes and Plasma During Aging in Humans
Kanti Bhooshan Pandey1 and Syed Ibrahim Rizvi
11Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
Abstract
Aging is an inevitable universal biological process, which can be characterized by a general decline in physiological function with the accumulation of diverse adverse changes and increased probability of death. Among several theories, oxidative stress/free radical theory offers the best mechanistic elucidation of the aging process and other age-related phenomenon. In the present paper, we discuss the aging process and have focused on the importance of some reliable markers of oxidative stress which may be used as biomarkers of the aging process.
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