Oxidative stress during oxygen tolerance test

• Published in: International maritime health Vol. 54; no. 1-4; p. 117
• Main Authors: Kot, Jacek, Sićko, Zdzisław, Wozniak, Michał
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Poland 2003
• Subjects: Adult; Antioxidants - metabolism; Diving; HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins - drug effects; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Male; Occupational Diseases - prevention & control; Oxidative Stress; Oxygen - pharmacology; Oxygen - toxicity; Proteins - drug effects; Reference Values; Sulfhydryl Compounds - metabolism
• ISSN: 1641-9251

Reactive oxygen species, including oxygen free radicals are normally generated in human cells during aerobic metabolism. Their production may increase during breathing of hyperoxic mixtures. The 'oxidative stress' has been postulated to be an important contributor to CNS oxygen toxicity. O...