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What is Free Radical

Chapter 32
Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems
A free radical is an atom or molecule that has an unpaired electron in the outer ring. An unpaired electron will also always mean that there is an odd number, since pairing of electrons goes by 2s. Free radicals are highly reactive molecules and cause damage to nearby cells, causing a cascade of chain reactions of free radical damage to other cells and tissues.
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Combining Technology with Tradition to Effect Superior Pain Management Strategies
Choong Khean Foo (RMIT University, Australia)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch032
Abstract
Everybody knows what pain is but no one really knows how to switch it off especially when it becomes persistent and annoying. Have we lost sight of the real pathophysiology that underlies the phenomenon of pain? Are we concentrating on the end point rather than the cause of the malady? Drugs and physical therapies don’t have all the answers to pain management. Is there another way? Maybe we should take a broader look at why the pain started in the first place and then we can work out the solution to the health challenge!
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Redox Reactions of Coordination Compounds in the Biomedical Environment
Species which contain unpaired electrons and can be highly reactive towards other molecules by a series of reactions such as H-atom abstraction.
Published in Chapter: Redox Reactions of Coordination Compounds in the Biomedical Environment; From: Fundamental and Biomedical Aspects of Redox Processes
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Effecting Superior Pain Management Strategies by Combining Technology with Tradition
An atom or molecule, which has an “unpaired electron” in the outer ring. An “unpaired electron” will also always mean that there is an odd number since “pairing” of electrons goes by 2s. Free radicals are highly reactive molecules and cause damage to nearby cells causing a cascade of chain reaction of free radical damage to other cells and tissues.
Published in Chapter: Effecting Superior Pain Management Strategies by Combining Technology with Tradition; From: Handbook of Research on Healthcare Administration and Management
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Metal Toxicity in Microorganism
Free radical is highly reactive atomic or group of atom or molecular with unpaired (odd) number of electrons that have independent existence and capable to start a chain of reactions. Many transition metals are considered as free radical.
Published in Chapter: Metal Toxicity in Microorganism; From: Handbook of Research on Inventive Bioremediation Techniques
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