Review Article

Proresolving Lipid Mediators: Endogenous Modulators of Oxidative Stress

Table 1

Main endogenous oxygen and nitrogen reactive species.

OxidantChemical classElectronic configurationSource

·O2ROSRadicalNOX, xanthine oxidase, mitochondria, self-dismutation
H2O2ROSNonradicalSOD, self-dismutation
·OHROSRadicalHaber-Weiss chemistry
NO·RNSRadicalNOS
ONOORNSNonradicalReaction with ·O2 and NO·, NOS, NOX2