Free radicals are generally considered as villain. Thus the image of free radicals emerges as a dangerous entity which is perhaps always injurious to health. One could, however, ask if there is any beneficial effect of free radicals. A series of studies has been embarked upon this idea: “ in quest of friendly free radicals ” in this concept the possible use of iodine free radicals was explored initially through their reaction with various biologically important compounds including components of DNA/RNA/PROTEIN.
Cyclic voltammetry technique was used for generation, characterization and monitoring reactions of free radicals with above mentioned compounds. Results of these studies are presented.
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Mohammad, M., Dar, A., Jahangir, S., Tahiri, I.A., Subhani, M.S., Khan, K.M. (2009). In Quest of Friendly Free Radicals: Reactions of Iodine Atom Free Radicals with Some Biologically Important Compounds. In: Şener, B. (eds) Innovations in Chemical Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6955-0_27
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