Book Review

[...]the symbol for Superoxide appears variously, with a minus sign alone, with a dot alone, and with both a dot and a period. [...]the book does not build increasing complexity into the discussion of a given topic (or even cross-reference the topic) from one chapter to another. M.C.R. Symons treats electron spin resonance (ESR) in chapter 1; R. Del Maestro covers radical-mediated tissue injury in chapter 2; C.C. Winterbourn reviews the biology of iron in chapter 3; M.U. Dianzani reviews dietary pro-oxidants in chapter 4; S. Zidenberg-Cherr and C.L. Keen review the antioxidant effects of trace elements in chapter 5; C.K. Chow reviews antioxidant vitamins in chapter 6; I.E. Dreosti reviews free-radical pathology in chapter 7; T.M. Florence discusses the role of free radicals in cancer and aging in chapter 8; and M.H.N. Golden, D.D. Ramdath, and B.E. Golden discuss malnutrition in chapter 9. Vitamin C is given one page, vitamin K a paragraph, and even vitamin E is allowed less than one page.