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• Antioxidant — Model of the antioxidant metabolite glutathione. The yellow sphere is the redox active sulfur atom that provides antioxidant activity, while the red, blue, white, and dark grey spheres represent oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and carbon atoms,… …   Wikipedia

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• Antioxidant — Any substance that reduces oxidative damage (damage due to oxygen) such as that caused by free radicals. Free radicals are highly reactive chemicals that attack molecules by capturing electrons and thus modifying chemical structures. Well known… …   Medical dictionary

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• antioxidant — a food additive that reduces oxidation of lipids and thus rancid flavours in fish, fish oils and fish meals, e.g. vitamins C and E …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• antioxidant —   n. substance preventing oxidation in food, rubber, petrol etc …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Polyphenol antioxidant — A polyphenol antioxidant is a type of antioxidant containing a polyphenolic substructure. In human health these compounds, numbering over 4000 distinct species, are thought to be instrumental in combating oxidative stress, a syndrome causative of …   Wikipedia

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• List of antioxidants in food — Vitamins = *Vitamin A (retinol), also synthesized by the body from beta carotene, protects dark green, yellow and orange vegetables and fruits from solar radiation damage, and is thought to play a similar role in the human body. Carrots, squash,… …   Wikipedia

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