The Intestinal Redox System and Its Significance in Chemotherapy-Induced Intestinal Mucositis

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"></td><td class="align_center">Free radicals</td><td class="align_center">Nonradicals</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="5">Reactive oxygen species</td><td class="align_center">Hydroxyl radical</td><td class="align_center">Hydrogen peroxide</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Superoxides</td><td class="align_center">Hypochlorous acid</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center" rowspan="3">Singlet oxygen</td><td class="align_center">Lipid peroxides</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Prostaglandin endoperoxides</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Electronically excited carbonyls</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Reactive nitrogen species</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">Nitric oxide</td><td class="align_center">Nitrate</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Peroxynitrite</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Reactive species in intestine.</div>

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

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Table 3: The Intestinal Redox System and Its Significance in Chemotherapy-Induced Intestinal Mucositis 