Chemistry
Name: Introduction to Free Radical Biology
Catalog Number: 412054Y Hours/Credits: 40/2
Prerequisite(s):
The course is designed for the students who should have the organic chemistry, physical chemistry and biochemistry background. It is suitable for graduate students of organic chemistry and biochemistry.
Course Description:
To introduce the important role of free radical and reactive oxygen species in many life phenomenon; To introduce the relations between free radical, reactive oxygen species and the environment or human health; To introduce the research methods of free radical and reactive oxygen species.
Course Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Free radical and its reactions Chapter 3 Active oxygen species Chapter 4 The oxidative damage of macro-bio molecules Chapter 5 Antioxidant and antioxidant enzymes Chapter 6 Nitric oxide free radicals Chapter 7 Free radicals in metabolic processes Chapter 8 Environmental pollutants and free radical toxicology Chapter 9 Free radicals and radiation biology Chapter 10 Free radicals and tumor Chapter 11 Other diseases related to oxygen free radicals Chapter 12 Free radicals and aging
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