1. Preface

   • Dipak K. Das

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 1

2. Myocardial preconditioning: Basic concepts and potential mechanisms

   • Shinji Okubo
   • Lei Xi
   • Rakesh C. Kukreja

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 12

3. Regulation of cardiomyocyte apoptosis in ischemic reperfused mouse heart by glutathione peroxidase

   • Nilanjana Maulik
   • Tetsuya Yoshida
   • Dipak K. Das

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 21

4. Thrombin releases calcium from internal stores of ultraviolet C-treated V79 fibroblasts independent of phosphatidymositol bisphosphate hydrolysis: Role of oxidative stress

   • Sebanti Bagchi
   • Gayaram Bhaumik
   • Sanghamitra Raha

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 30

5. Glutathione homeostasis in response to exercise training and nutritional supplements

   • Chandan K. Sen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 42

6. Mechanisms of beneficial effects of probucol in adriamycin cardiomyopathy

   • Natasha Iliskovic
   • Brian B. Hasinoff
   • Pawan K. Singal

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 49

7. Myocardial oxidative stress changes during compensated right heart failure in rats

   • Julieta Pichardo
   • Vince Palace
   • Pawan K. Singal

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 57

8. Reactive oxygen species function as second messenger during ischemic preconditioning of heart

   • Dipak K. Das
   • Nilanjana Maulik
   • Partha S. Ray

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 67

9. The role of oxidative stress in diseases caused by mineral dusts and fibres: Current status and future of prophylaxis and treatment

   • M. Gulumian

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 77

10. Endotoxin-induced alterations in hepatic glucose-6-phosphatase activity and gene expression

    • Subir R. Maitra
    • Mark L. Gestring
    • Mark C. Henry

    OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 83

11. Oxidative stress in Systemic Sclerosis

    • Gabriele Simonini
    • Marco Matucci Cerinic
    • Mario Cagnoni

    OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 91

12. Signal transduction and transcriptional adaptation in embryonic heart development and during myocardial hypertrophy

    • Satish Ghatpande
    • Shyamal Goswami
    • M.A.Q. Siddiqui

    OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 97

13. The cytotoxic effects of a novel IH636 grape seed proanthocyanidin extract on cultured human cancer cells

    • X. Ye
    • R.L. Krohn
    • D. Bagchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 108

14. Acute and chronic stress-induced oxidative gastrointestinal mucosal injury in rats and protection by bismuth subsalicylate

    • D. Bagchi
    • O.R. Carryl
    • S.J. Stohs

    OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 116

15. Stress genes and species survival

    • Prasanta K. Ray

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 123

16. Fever: An integrated response of the central nervous system to oxidative stress

    • Walter Riedel
    • Gautham Maulik

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 132

17. Enhanced expression and localization of heme oxygenase-1 during recovery phase of porcine stunned myocardium

    • Hari S. Sharma
    • Dipak K. Das
    • Pieter D. Verdouw

    OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 139

18. Heterogeneity of human red blood cell membrane: Co-existence of heavy and light membranes

    • Salil K. Das
    • Shyamali Mukherjee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 149

19. Schisandrin B protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by enhancing myocardial glutathione antioxidant status

    • T.K. Yim
    • K.M. Ko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 156

20. Scavenging of superoxide anion radical by chaparral

    • Lun-Yi Zang
    • Greg Cosma
    • Val Vallyathan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 161

21. Role of Fe(III) in Fe(II)citrate-mediated peroxidation of mitochondrial membrane lipids

    • Roger F. Castilho
    • André R Meinicke
    • Marcelo Hermes-Lima

    OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 168

22. Studies on hepatic oxidative stress and antioxidant defence systems during arteether treatment of Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis infected mice

    • Nikhat J. Siddiqi
    • V.C. Pandey

    OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 173

23. Effect of Salmonella typhimurium enterotoxin (S-LT) on lipid peroxidation and cell viability levels of isolated rat enterocytes

    • Alka Mehta
    • Surjit Singh
    • Nirmal Kumar Ganguly

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 181

24. Volume Contents

    OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 185