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Oxidative Stress and Pathways of Molecular Hydrogen Effects in Medicine.

Jan Slezak, Branislav Kura, Tyler W LeBaron, Pawan K Singal, Jozef Buday, Miroslav Barancik · Current pharmaceutical design · 2021

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Primary topic Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Signaling
Evidence type Other source-grounded research
Publication type Other Research
Hydrogen method Other or not reported

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H₂ may be superior to conventional antioxidants, since it can selectively reduce ●OH radicals while preserving important ROS that are otherwise used for normal cellular signaling. This source-grounded publication contributes evidence relevant to molecular hydrogen and is retained in a transparent general research category when a more specific study design is not supported by the indexed record.

How Molecular Hydrogen Was Addressed

In contrast, molecular hydrogen provides a variety of advantages for mitigating oxidative stress due to its unique physical and chemical properties. H₂ may be superior to conventional antioxidants, since it can selectively reduce ●OH radicals while preserving important ROS that are otherwise used for normal cellular signaling.

What the Publication Reported

The injurious effect of excessive ROS can hypothetically be mitigated by exogenous antioxidants, but clinically this intervention is often not favorable.

H₂ Mechanisms / Biological Findings

In contrast, molecular hydrogen provides a variety of advantages for mitigating oxidative stress due to its unique physical and chemical properties. The pleiotropic effects of molecular hydrogen on various proteins, molecules and signaling pathways can at least partly explain its almost universal pluripotent therapeutic potential.