Antioxidants

Phenolic antioxidants.

Antioxidants in ‘Hass’ avocado

The potential involvement of C7 sugars as antioxidants in various avocado tissues was tested. Total antioxidant activity was found to be similar in leaf, exocarp and seed tissue; however, the concentration of total antioxidants in mesocarp tissue was lower than in other tissues at all three sampling dates. The various tissues examined had different predominant antioxidant systems; while leaf ti...

Antioxidants and Thyroid disorders

It is well known that oxidative stress (OS), defined as an imbalance between radicals and antioxidant defense, is implicated as a pathophysiological mechanism of different diseases and is a topic of growing interest. Cell injury is a consequence of OS; recognized targets are DNA, lipids and proteins, which react with hydroxyl radicals to form specific products1. Especially in the field of cardi...

Antioxidants of Apples

11 I n the United States and most industrialized countries, cardiovascular disease and cancer are ranked as the leading causes of death. These diseases have been linked to lifestyle choices, one of the most important of which is diet. It has been estimated that eating a healthy diet could prevent 30 percent of all cancers. Many of us as children were told to “eat your vegetables because they ar...

Antioxidants in wild mushrooms.

Maintenance of equilibrium between free radical production and antioxidant defences (enzymatic and non enzymatic) is an essential condition for normal organism functioning. When this equilibrium has a tendency for the production of free radicals we say that the organism is in oxidative stress. In this situation, excess free radicals may damage cellular lipids, proteins and DNA, affecting normal...