Exogenous antioxidants - Double-edged swords in cellular redox state: Health beneficial effects at physiologic doses versus deleterious effects at high doses

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 228-237

  Bouayed, Jaouad ^a   Bohn, Torsten ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Double edged effects; Fruits and vegetables; High doses; Oxidative stress; Physiological doses; Reactive oxygen species; Supplements

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; DOUBLE-EDGED EFFECTS; HIGH DOSE; PHYSIOLOGICAL DOSE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPPLEMENTS;

FRUITS; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SILICON SOLAR CELLS; VEGETABLES;

PHYSIOLOGY;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; APIGENIN; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CATALASE; CATECHIN; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CYANIDIN 3 GLUCOSIDE; DAIDZEIN; ERIODICTYOL; GALLIC ACID; GENISTEIN; GLYCITEIN; HESPERETIN; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; LYCOPENE; MYRICETIN; NARINGENIN; POLYPHENOL; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOL PALMITATE; SELENIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ZINC; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APPLE; BEAN; BELL PEPPER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARROT; CELL PROTECTION; CITRUS FRUIT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM; FISH; GLYCATION; GRAPEFRUIT; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LUNG CANCER; MEAT; MORTALITY; NITROSYLATION; ONION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEANUT; PLUM; POTATO; REVIEW; RICE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEA; TOMATO; VEGETABLE; WATERMELON; HUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 77957363916     PISSN: 19420900     EISSN: 19420994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/oxim.3.4.12858     Document Type: Review

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