Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Antioxidants - Benefits, Sources, Mechanisms of Action

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Viduranga Y. Waisundara
Viduranga Y. Waisundara

Australian College of Business & Technology,
Sri Lanka

Published08 September 2021

Doi10.5772/intechopen.92918

ISBN978-1-83968-865-2

Print ISBN978-1-83968-864-5

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-1-83968-866-9

Copyright year2021

Number of pages646

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1. Antioxidants: Pharmacothearapeutic Boon for Diabetes

By Varuna Suresh, Amala Reddy, Pavithra Muthukumar and Thendarl Selvam

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2. Micronutrient Antioxidants in the Chemoprevention of Breast Cancer and Effect on Breast Cancer Outcomes

By Donovan McGrowder, Fabian Miller, Chukwuemeka Nwokocha, Cameil Wilson-Clarke, Melisa Anderson, Lennox Anderson-Jackson and Lowen Williams

493
3. Role of Antioxidants Supplementation in the Treatment of Male Infertility

By Houda Amor, Nyaz Shelko, Massooma Mohammed, Peter Michael Jankowski and Mohamad Eid Hammadeh

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4. Antioxidants in Female Reproductive Biology

By Banashree Nath and Hirok Roy

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5. Thiol Reduction and Cardiolipin Improve Complex I Activity and Free Radical Production in Liver Mitochondria of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

By Manjury Jatziry Hernández-Esparza, Claudia Guadalupe Flores-Ledesma, Rocío Montoya-Pérez, Elizabeth Calderón-Cortés, Alfredo Saavedra-Molina, Alain Raimundo Rodríguez-Orozco and Christian Cortés-Rojo

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6. Antioxidant and Oxidative Stress

By Betül Çalişkan and Ali Cengiz Çalişkan

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7. Natural Antioxidants to the Rescue?

By Cenk Aydin and Nilay Seyidoglu

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9. The Two Sides of Dietary Antioxidants in Cancer Therapy

By Musbau Adewumi Akanji, Heritage Demilade Fatinukun, Damilare Emmanuel Rotimi, Boluwatife Lawrence Afolabi and Oluyomi Stephen Adeyemi

955
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10. Antioxidant and Infertility

By Huda Mahmood Shakir

385
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11. The Role of Lycopene in Chronic Lung Diseases

By Emilio Balbuena, Junrui Cheng and Abdulkerim Eroglu

573
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12. Management of Diabetic Eye Disease Using Carotenoids and Nutrients

By Drake W. Lem, Dennis L. Gierhart and Pinakin Gunvant Davey

505
14. Vitamin C and Sepsis

By Adriana Françozo de Melo, Giulia Oliveira Timo and Mauricio Homem-de-Mello

729
15. Phytochemical Antioxidants: Past, Present and Future

By Yasuko Sakihama and Hideo Yamasaki

720
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16. Broad Efficacy of Scavenging Free Radicals: Cordyceps sp.

By Loknath Deshmukh, Rajendra Singh and Sardul Singh Sandhu

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18. Antioxidant Properties of Alpine Plant

By Vijay Laxmi Trivedi and Mohan Chandra Nautiyal

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20. Cinnamomum zeylanicum: Morphology, Antioxidant Properties and Bioactive Compounds

By Asel Chandula Weerasekera, Kanchana Samarasinghe, Heethaka Krishantha Sameera de Zoysa, Thushara Chathuranga Bamunuarachchige and Viduranga Yashasvi Waisundara

802
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21. Dietary Phytochemicals: As a Natural Source of Antioxidants

By Manju Singh Makhaik, Arvind K. Shakya and Raosaheb Kale

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25. Antioxidant Properties of Metabolites from New Extremophiles Microalgal Strain (Southern, Tunisia)

By Sana Gammoudi, Ines Dahmen-Ben Moussa, Neila Annabi-Trabelsi, Habib Ayadi and Wassim Guermazi

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27. Role of Secondary Metabolites to Attenuate Stress Damages in Plants

By Masuma Zahan Akhi, Md. Manjurul Haque and Md. Sanaullah Biswas

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28. Valorization of Natural Antioxidants for Nutritional and Health Applications

By Pedro Ferreira-Santos, Zlatina Genisheva, Claudia Botelho, Cristina Rocha and José António Teixeira

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