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Antioxidant protection: a function of tracheobronchial and gastrointestinal mucus.

Author(s): Paul Cross, B Halliwell, Harriet A. Allen

Publication date: 1984-06-16

Journal: Lancet

Keywords: Bronchi, metabolism, Digestive System, Free Radicals, Humans, Hydrogen Peroxide, Hydroxides, Hydroxyl Radical, Mucus, Oxygen, Superoxides, Trachea

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Abstract

It is proposed that one of the functions of the mucus layers lining the respiratory tract and gastrointestinal system is the scavenging of highly reactive oxygen-derived species. This would provide antioxidant protection to the underlying mucosal epithelial cells.