Scientific Unit for Clinical and Medical Research, Osijek University Hospital
Abstract
U ovom kratkom radu dan je pregled nekih novih istraživanja i spoznaja iz područja kemije radikala i funkcije radikala u organizmu. On treba poslužiti i kao kratki podsjetnik na važnost radikala u organizmu. Melanin je spomenut i kao primjer dugoživućega radikala i kao vrlo važan spoj (boja) u živih bića. Danje sažeti pregled novih istraživanja vezanih za reduktivnooksidativne procese kao i podsjetnik na načine stvaranja važnih radikala koji sudjeluju u tim procesima. Gdje je bilo moguće prikazane su nove znanstvene dvojbe i viđenja.In this short article, a review of new research in chemistry of radicals as well as their function in organisms has been presented. Emphasis has been put on the new results in the research of reduction and oxidation processes. This also includes reminder of the reactions by which important radicals participating in these processes are formed. Special attention has been given to the role of radicals in the organisms with melanin presented as both an example of a long - lived radical and very important compound (colour) in living beings. Where possible, the new dilemmas and points of view have been discussed
