Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated as by-products of normal cellular metabolic
activities. Superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, and catalase are the enzymes …

Research on major depression has confirmed that it is caused by an array of
biopsychosocial and lifestyle factors. Diet, exercise and sleep are three such influences that …

Aging accompanied by several age-related complications, is a multifaceted inevitable
biological progression involving various genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. The …

The first suggestion that physical exercise results in free radical-mediated damage to tissues
appeared in 1978, and the past three decades have resulted in a large growth of knowledge …

It is well established that contracting muscles produce both reactive oxygen and nitrogen
species. Although the sources of oxidant production during exercise continue to be debated …

Free radicals are reactive compounds that are naturally produced in the human body. They
can exert positive effects (eg on the immune system) or negative effects (eg lipids, proteins …

Diabetes mellitus has emerged as one of the main alarms to human health in the 21st
century. Pronounced changes in the human environment, behavior and lifestyle have …

The aim of this study was to assess the impact of diet and active substances in beetroot juice
on the parameters of oxidative stress, inflammation, and muscle damage as well as on the …

Aged mammalian tissues show a decreased capacity to produce ATP by oxidative
phosphorylation due to dysfunctional mitochondria. The mitochondrial content of rat brain …

BACKGROUND: Exercise is a prone condition to enhanced oxidative stress and damage
and the specific activity pattern of a soccer match may favour additional pro-oxidant redox …