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Plants have evolved antioxidant molecules to help them withstand environmental stresses. Humans may also benefit from these defense molecules through their consumption in fruits and vegetables. Dietary antioxidants are indeed believed to play a very important role in the human body defense system, protecting, as in plants, against oxidative damage induced by Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), which are known to be involved in the pathogenesis of aging and many degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and cancers. In this review, we compare the systems involved in ROS production and scavenging in humans and in plants. We focus mainly on the description of the best-known dietary antioxidants: ascorbate (vitamin C), tocopherols (vitamin E), carotenoids, and phenolic compounds. Their redox properties, metabolism and functions are discussed from both a human and a plant perspective.
Keywords: Antioxidant, oxidative stress, vitamin C, vitamin E, phenolic compound, carotenoids
Current Nutrition & Food Science
Title: Dietary Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress from a Human and Plant Perspective: A Review
Volume: 6 Issue: 1
Author(s): Christelle Martine Andre, Yvan Larondelle and Daniele Evers
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Keywords: Antioxidant, oxidative stress, vitamin C, vitamin E, phenolic compound, carotenoids
Abstract: Plants have evolved antioxidant molecules to help them withstand environmental stresses. Humans may also benefit from these defense molecules through their consumption in fruits and vegetables. Dietary antioxidants are indeed believed to play a very important role in the human body defense system, protecting, as in plants, against oxidative damage induced by Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), which are known to be involved in the pathogenesis of aging and many degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and cancers. In this review, we compare the systems involved in ROS production and scavenging in humans and in plants. We focus mainly on the description of the best-known dietary antioxidants: ascorbate (vitamin C), tocopherols (vitamin E), carotenoids, and phenolic compounds. Their redox properties, metabolism and functions are discussed from both a human and a plant perspective.
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Andre Martine Christelle, Larondelle Yvan and Evers Daniele, Dietary Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress from a Human and Plant Perspective: A Review, Current Nutrition & Food Science 2010; 6 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340110790909563
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340110790909563 |
Print ISSN 1573-4013 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 2212-3881 |
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