The shifting perception on antioxidants: The case of vitamin E and β-carotene

Antioxidants are vital for aerobic life, and for decades the expectations of antioxidants as health promoting agents were very high. However, relatively recent meta-analyses of clinical studies show that supplementation of antioxidants does not result in the presumed health benefit, but is associat...

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Main Authors: Misha F. Vrolijk, Antoon Opperhuizen, Eugène H.J.M. Jansen, Roger W. Godschalk, Frederik J. Van Schooten, Aalt Bast, Guido R.M.M. Haenen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-04-01
Series:Redox Biology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231714001414