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PEROXYDATION LIPIDIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
CONT

Lipid peroxidation is an endogenous chain reaction that consists in the oxidative degradation of lipids; free radicals or non-radical species attack lipids containing carbon-carbon double bonds, with the hydrogen abstraction from a carbon and oxygen insertion that results in lipid peroxyl radicals and hydroperoxides.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Biochimie
CONT

Citons également une autre cible majeure de l'attaque radicalaire : les acides gras polyinsaturés, comme l'acide linoléique et l'acide arachidonique, présents notamment dans les membranes plasmiques. Leur oxydation par les ERO [espèces réactives de l'oxygène], appelée peroxydation lipidique, conduit à la formation de très nombreux produits primaires (les hydroperoxydes) et secondaires (les aldéhydes) dont les activités biologiques sont multiples [...­]

Spanish

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