We are organizing a Special Issue entitled "Oxidative Stress, Classification and Quantitation" in Antioxidants. The main aim of this Special Issue is to deepen our understanding and perspective of all aspects of redox status, its evaluation, homeostasis-related adaptation, and oxidative damage and repair processes.
To find commonly accepted answers to basic questions in this field, we would like to invite you to answer the following questionnaire. The few answers we received, thus far, indicated that basic issues in our field are debatable. The completed form can be sent to the Guest Editor Prof. Dr. Dov Lichtenberg <[email protected]> directly.
Further discussion is welcome.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Oxidative stress, Classification and Quantitation, questionnaire*
[ ] People with a high blood level of either MDA or Protein Carbonyls should be treated either by vitamin C or/and by vitamin E,
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[ ] People under "Oxidative Stress", as determined by any assay kit, should be treated with low molecular weight antioxidants.
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[ ] People with a high level of antioxidants in the blood are not necessarily under OS
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[ ] Different diseases are associated with high steady-state concentrations of different biomarkers………………………………………………………………
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[ ] Quantitation of OS is required to decide who is likely to benefit from antioxidant supplementation………………………………………………………
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[ ] “Oxidative Stress” should be re-defined to relate to more specific conditions than originally defined (Acute situations? Diseases? What else? ) ………………………………………………………………………………………
[ ] Imbalance between the steady-state (homeostatic) concentrations of pro-oxidants and antioxidants should be defined by the term “Oxidative Status” ……………………………………………………………
- This is not a test. Remarks are welcome.
- It is conducted to evaluate the prevailing paradigms in the field.
- In the brackets next to each statement, please write the number
5 if you agree with the statement; 4 if you think (not certain) that it is correct;
3 if you do not know; 2 if you think it is wrong; 1 if you are certain it is wrong
