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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-04-01
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Series: | Redox Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231714001414 |