Oxygen, Volume 2, Issue 3

For most living beings, oxygen is an essential molecule for survival, being the basis of biological oxidations, which satisfy most of the energy needs of aerobic organisms. Oxygen can also behave as a toxic agent posing a threat to the existence of l...

This narrative paper reviews the current knowledge of Home Oxygen Therapy (HOT) in stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), two major causes of Long-Term Oxygen Therapy (LTOT) prescription. There is evi...

Many environmental stresses cause an increase in reactive oxygen species in plants and alter their nutritional value. Plants respond to many stresses by producing increased amounts of compounds with antioxidant properties including vitamins, phenylpr...

This review deals with the production of oxygen by photo-oxidation of water, which is a topic fitting a journal devoted to oxygen. Most of the present biosphere, including mankind, depends on oxygen. Elucidating the mechanism is of importance for sol...

In Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, the isotropic chemical shift ${\delta }_{iso}$ is a measure of the electron density around the observed nuclide. For characterization of solid materials and compounds, it is desirable to find correlations be...

Cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) is the main factor restraining the clinical application of cisplatin. The AKI is associated with high mortality and morbidity, but no effective pharmacological treatment is available at present. As increase...

Molecular oxygen (O₂) is the perfect probe molecule for membrane studies carried out using the saturation recovery EPR technique. O₂ is a small, paramagnetic, hydrophobic enough molecule that easily partitions into a membrane’s different phases...

Tzatziki is a deli salad widely consumed in the Eastern Mediterranean and Balkan countries, and it is acknowledged for its health benefits. So far, it is proved to exhibit extreme resistance to microbial spoilage by (pathogenic) microorganisms and mi...

In the history of life, cooperation between biological units has led to increased complexity, e.g., eukaryotic cells and multicellular organisms. Cooperation requires limiting the gains of “defectors” in favor of the cooperative higher-le...

The rising prevalence of chronic metabolic disorders, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, most notably associated with cardiovascular diseases, has emerged as a major global health concern. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play physiological functions...