Antioxidants: Wonder drugs or quackery?

BioFactors

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 785-788

  Azzi, Angelo ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; antioxidants; degenerative disease; free radicals; tocopherols

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; FREE RADICAL; OXIDIZING AGENT; NOSTRUM; RESVERATROL; STILBENE DERIVATIVE;

AGING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUACKERY; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMISTRY; ETHICS; METABOLISM;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; NOSTRUMS; QUACKERY; STILBENES;

EID: 85038252382     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: 18728081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.1388     Document Type: Review

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