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Table 1 A check list for the evaluation of the utility of anti-oxidant therapies

From: Reactive oxygen species: toxic molecules or spark of life?

1

What is the reactive oxygen species that is causing the oxidative injury?

2

What is the target molecule?

3

What is the source of the ROS?

4

What types of cells produce the ROS?

5

Where in the cells are the ROS produced?

6

What is the potentially useful role of the ROS?