ANTIOXIDANT AND PRO-OXIDANT EFFECT OF ASCORBIC ACID
Free radicals attack proteins, lipids, enzymes and DNA causing pathological changes in organism. There are many mechanisms that organism uses to fight against free radicals. Ascorbic acid is one of the strongest reducers and eliminators of free radicals. It reduces stable oxygenic, azoth and thyol r...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University in Nis, Faculty of Medicine
2005-01-01
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Series: | Acta Medica Medianae |
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Online Access: | http://publisher.medfak.ni.ac.rs/2005-html/1-broj/11-rad/11-ANTIOXIDANT%20AND%20PRO-OXIDANT%20EFFECT%20OF%20ASCORBIC%20ACID.pdf |