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Name of Course: Human Pathology and Free Radicals
Course code: BINU 313
Credit : 2 (2 hours lecture and discussion per week)
Academic Year : 2019/2020
Semester : 5
Course Coordinator : Prof. Dr. Fatma Abd EL-Hamid
Dr. Shaimaa EL-Masry and Dr. Nourhan Gamal
Day and Time : Thursday, 12:00-2:00 pm
Course content:
1- Introduction to the relation between free radicals and human diseases.
2- Reactive oxygen species and free radicals.
3- Physiological function of ROS.
4- Antioxidant system.
5- Oxidative stress and human diseases.
•Role
of free radicals in Cancer diseases.
•Role
of free radicals in Alzheimer diseases.
•Role
of free radicals in Parkinson diseases.
•Role
of free radicals in lung disease.
Learning objectives:
At the end of this course the students should be able to:
•Recognize the source of free radicals in
the body and its relation to the human pathology and development of some
diseases.
•Illustrate the mechanisms of the
metabolic reactions of free radicals and its relation to human diseases.
•Differentiate between external and
internal sources of free radicals.
•Identify the antioxidant system and its
role in the detoxification and inactivation of free radical and reactive
species.
•Conclude the effect of human antioxidant
system on protection against oxidative stress-related diseases.
•Relate the oxidative stress to the
different human diseases.
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