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    J Clin Biochem Nutr. 2009 Jan;44(1):1-13. Epub 2008 Dec 27.

    Therapeutic antioxidant medical gas.

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    Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

    Abstract

    Medical gases are pharmaceutical gaseous molecules which offer solutions to medical needs and include traditional gases, such as oxygen and nitrous oxide, as well as gases with recently discovered roles as biological messenger molecules, such as carbon monoxide, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulphide. Medical gas therapy is a relatively unexplored field of medicine; however, a recent increasing in the number of publications on medical gas therapies clearly indicate that there are significant opportunities for use of gases as therapeutic tools for a variety of disease conditions. In this article, we review the recent advances in research on medical gases with antioxidant properties and discuss their clinical applications and therapeutic properties.

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    19177183
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    PMC2613492
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