Endogenous antioxidants are enzymes, like superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase or nonenzymatic compounds, such as uric acid, bilirubin, albumin, metallothioneins. When endogenous factors cannot ensure a rigurous control and a complete protection of the organism against the reactive oxygen species, the need for exogenous antioxidants arises, as nutritional supplements or pharmaceutical products, which contain as active principle an antioxidant compound. Amongst the most important exogenous antioxidants, vitamin E, vitamin C, β-carotene, vitamin E, flavonoids, mineral Se are well
Methods for Total Antioxidant Activity Determination: A Review
Published 2012 in Biochemistry & Analytical Biochemistry
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