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ANTI-OXIDANT [5 records]

Record 1 2026-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
  • Dietetics
CONT

Antioxidant vitamins are organic molecules that have vital roles in the human body. They are essential nutrients and mainly found in the food and are required in small quantities for the maintenance of the human body. Antioxidant vitamins play a major role in reducing and controlling oxidative stress and infectious diseases.

OBS

Vitamins A, C and E are antioxidant vitamins.

Key term(s)
  • antioxidant vitamine
  • anti-oxidant vitamin
  • anti-oxidant vitamine
  • vitamin anti-oxidant
  • vitamine anti-oxidant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
  • Diététique
CONT

Les vitamines anti-oxydantes (vitamines A, C et E) sont importantes dans la prévention du stress car elles nous aident à lutter contre le stress oxydatif.

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
  • Dietetics
CONT

Antioxidants obtained from vegetables and fruits are mostly of phenolic structure, which may include vitamins, minerals, and polyphenols. Antioxidant minerals, such as iron, zinc, selenium, copper, and manganese, act as cofactor of many antioxidant enzymes, absence of which may certainly disturb the activity of their enzymatic scavenging activity.

OBS

antioxidant: A substance that inhibits oxidation, especially one ... that protects cells from the sometimes damaging effects of oxidation.

Key term(s)
  • anti-oxidant mineral
  • mineral anti-oxidant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
  • Diététique
OBS

Le zinc et le sélénium sont des exemples de minéraux antioxydants.

OBS

antioxydant : Substance chimique qui retarde ou empêche le processus d'oxydation.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Chemistry
DEF

Any substance which delays the process of oxidation.

OBS

The antioxidants are classified or identified according to their mode of action in the oxidative process.

Key term(s)
  • anti-oxidant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Chimie
DEF

Substance d'origine naturelle ou synthétique capable de retarder le phénomène d'oxydation.

OBS

antioxygène : Si l'oxydation résulte uniquement d'une réaction avec l'oxygène, l'antioxydant est alors un antioxygène.

OBS

antioxygène : Ce terme devrait, selon certains auteurs, être réservé aux agents protecteurs qui agissent par diminution de l'activité de l'oxygène sans l'écarter ou le raréfier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bioquímica
  • Química
DEF

Compuesto que reduce la velocidad de las reacciones de oxidación.

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Record 4 2013-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Genetics
  • Biochemistry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Génétique
  • Biochimie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Genética
  • Bioquímica
DEF

[Relativo a todo aquello que] que reduce la oxidación.

CONT

El Selenio tiene propiedades antioxidantes, neutralizador de radicales libres, inmunoestimulante y antiinflamatorio.

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Record 5 2002-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Biotechnology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Biotechnologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Biotecnología
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