Antioxidants: a premature scientific hypothesis that reshuffled the traditional food pyramid

Agnieszka Bartoszek-Pączkowska

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-8953-0

Antioxidants: a premature scientific hypothesis that reshuffled the traditional food pyramid

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Antioxidants present in substantial amounts in foods, plant-based products in particular, have been suggested as chemopreventive agents that can curb the development of undesirable health effects caused by oxidative stress simply by enriching diet in such compounds. This idea has been enthusiastically accepted by consumers, as well as food and pharmaceutical industry, and created great demand for products containing antioxidant phytochemicals. However, human studies failed to confirm benefits of supplementation with antioxidant nutrients. The chapter discusses possible oversimplifications in understanding the biological role of reactive oxygen species with emphasis on the chemistry behind presumed protective action of antioxidants.

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Agnieszka Bartoszek-Pączkowska prof. dr hab. inż.

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Category:: Monographic publication
Type:: rozdział, artykuł w książce - dziele zbiorowym /podręczniku w języku o zasięgu międzynarodowym
Title of issue:: W : Recent Advances in Redox Active Plant and Microbial Products strony 15 - 28
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2014
Bibliographic description:: Bartoszek-Pączkowska A.: Antioxidants: a premature scientific hypothesis that reshuffled the traditional food pyramid// W : Recent Advances in Redox Active Plant and Microbial Products/ ed. Burkholz Torsten : Springer, 2014, s.15-28
DOI:: Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/978-94-017-8953-0
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