Chapter 7. Glutathione Peroxidase: Fact and Fiction

  1. David W. Fitzsimons
  1. Leopold Flohg

Published Online: 27 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9780470715413.ch7

Book Title

Ciba Foundation Symposium 65 - Oxygen Free Radicals and Tissue Damage

Ciba Foundation Symposium 65 - Oxygen Free Radicals and Tissue Damage

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How to Cite

Flohg, L. (2008) Glutathione Peroxidase: Fact and Fiction, in Ciba Foundation Symposium 65 - Oxygen Free Radicals and Tissue Damage (ed D. W. Fitzsimons), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470715413.ch7

Author Information

  1. Grünenthal GMBH, Aachen, West Germany

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 27 MAY 2008
  2. Published Print: 1 JAN 1979

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780444900630

Online ISBN: 9780470715413

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Keywords:

  • enzyme-bound selenium;
  • hydroperoxides;
  • glutathione peroxidase;
  • cellular concentration;
  • metabolism

Summary

This chapter contains section titled:

  • The Enzymological Data

  • Hypothetical Mechanism of Action

  • Established Functions of GSH Peroxidase

  • Variables of the GSH Peroxidase System

  • Questions, Views and Speculations

  • Discussion

  • References

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