Heavy metals, which have widespread environmental distribution and originate from natural
and anthropogenic sources, are common environmental pollutants. In recent decades, their …

Besides being important occupational hazards, lead and cadmium are nowadays metals of
great environmental concern. Both metals, without any physiological functions, can induce …

Background: Cadmium and lead are widespread and non-biodegradable pollutants of great
concern to human health. In real life scenarios, we are exposed to mixtures of chemicals …

Detailed studies in the past two decades have shown that redox active metals like iron (Fe),
copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co) and other metals undergo redox cycling reactions …

Oxidative stress has been implicated to play a role, at least in part, in pathogenesis of many
disease conditions and toxicities in animals. Overproduction of reactive oxygen species and …

Toxic metals (lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic) are widely found in our environment.
Humans are exposed to these metals from numerous sources, including contaminated air …

Lead is an environmentally persistent toxin that causes neurological, hematological,
gastrointestinal, reproductive, circulatory, and immunological pathologies. The propensity for …

Lead-induced oxidative stress contributes to the pathogenesis of lead poisoning for
disrupting the delicate prooxidant/antioxidant balance that exists within mammalian cells …

Recent studies have shown that lead causes oxidative stress by inducing the generation of
reactive oxygen species, reducing the antioxidant defense system of cells via depleting …

Lead continues to pose a serious threat to the health of many children as well as adults.
Concern about lead exposure as a significant public health problem has increased as …