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“ Iron is a powerful promoter of free radical damage, able to catalyse generation of highly reactive hydroxyl, alkoxyl and peroxyl radicals from hydrogen peroxide and lipid peroxides, respectively.”
“HER formation by human liver microsomes seems to be catalyzed by an oxidant derived from the interaction of iron with superoxide or H2O2 , and a close association exists between HER formation and superoxide production.”
“Nevertheless, both (free) copper and iron are soluble enough, and the rate constants of their reduced forms with hydrogen peroxide are sufficiently high to suggest that they might be important mediators of free radical toxicity.”