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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Main Authors: Goran Rankovic, Snezana Cekic, Voja Pavlovic, Nenad Stoiljkovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University in Nis, Faculty of Medicine 2005-01-01
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