In Quest of Friendly Free Radicals: Reactions of Iodine Atom Free Radicals with Some Biologically Important Compounds

Free radicals are generally considered as villain. Thus the image of free radicals emerges as a dangerous entity which is perhaps always injurious to health. One could, however, ask if there is any beneficial effect of free radicals. A series of studies has been embarked upon this idea: " in quest of friendly free radicals " in this concept the possible use of iodine free radicals was explored initially through their reaction with various biologically important compounds including compo- nents of DNA/RNA/PROTEIN. Cyclic voltammetry technique was used for generation, characterization and monitoring reactions of free radicals with above mentioned compounds. Results of these studies are presented.