RT Book, Section
A1 Bender, David A.
A2 Rodwell, Victor W.
A2 Bender, David A.
A2 Botham, Kathleen M.
A2 Kennelly, Peter J.
A2 Weil, P. Anthony
SR Print(0)
ID 1106059677
T1 Free Radicals & Antioxidant Nutrients
T2 Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry, 30e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071825344
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106059677
RD 2021/03/04
AB OBJECTIVESAfter  studying  this  chapter,  you  should  be  able  to:Describe  the  damage  caused  to  DNA,  lipids,  and  proteins  by  free  radicals,  and  the  diseases  associated  with  radical  damage.Describe  the  main  sources  of  oxygen  radicals  in  the  body.Describe  the  mechanisms  and  dietary  factors  that  protect  against  radical  damage.Explain  how  antioxidants  can  also  act  as  pro-oxidants,  and  why  intervention  trials  of  antioxidant  nutrients  have  generally  yielded  disappointing  results.