
Reactive oxygen/nitrogen species and acute inflammation: A physiological process.- Free radicals and pathology: current concepts.- The NADPH oxidase of neutrophile and other cells.- Nitric oxide - a novel antimicrobial agent.- Xanthine oxidoreductase.- Inflammatory mediators...

As in so many fields of scientific endeavour following the molecular biology revo- lution, our knowledge of the role of radicals not only in pathological states, but in basic physiology has developed exponentially. Indeed, our evolving concepts have, like so many political parties,...