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Potential Role of Carotenoids as Antioxidants in Human Health and Disease

Carotenoids constitute a ubiquitous group of isoprenoid pigments. They are very efficient physical quenchers of singlet oxygen and scavengers of other reactive oxygen species. Carotenoids can also act as chemical quenchers undergoing irreversible oxygenation. The molecular mechanisms underlying thes...

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Autores principales: Fiedor, Joanna, Burda, Květoslava
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2014
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3942711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24473231
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu6020466