Antioxidants outlook: Diseases preventive versus curative/therapeutic impact
1Grand Canyon University and Arizona College. Arizona, USA.
2 Center of Research and Educational Studies, Ministry of Education, Iraq.
3 Department of Pathology, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq.
4 Arlöv Kronetorpsvägen 2 (Burlöv Center), Malmo, Sweden.
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2020, 06(03), 175-179
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2020.6.3.0189
Publication history:
Received on 05 June 2020; revised on 15 June 2020; accepted on 18 June 2020
Abstract:
Antioxidants are natural chemical substances that exist in foods such as vitamins, minerals and other compounds that are believed to help preventing disease by neutralize free radicals. Free radical, are formed by normal body metabolic processes, and by exposure to environmental contaminants like pollution and cigarette smoking. Without adequate amounts of antioxidants, these free radicals travel throughout the body causing cells damage and homeostatic disruption. Part of this cellular damage leads to one of several diseases among them are coronary heart disease (atherosclerosis as well as cardiovascular), and cancer.
Keywords:
Antioxidants; Free radical; Disease prevention and therapy
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