1. Fruit as Potent Natural Antioxidants and Their Biological Effects
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Diana Célia Sousa Nunes-Pinheiro, Maria Daglia, Seyed Mohammad Nabavi, Dirce Fernandes de Melo, Mirele da Silveira Vasconcelos, Erika Freitas Mota, Neuza F. Gomes-Rochette, Gomes-Rochette Neuza, F., da Silveira Vasconcelos, Mirele, Nabavi Seyed, M., Mota Erika, F., Nunes-Pinheiro Diana, C. S., Daglia, Maria, and de Melo Dirce, F
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0301 basic medicine ,Antioxidant ,Free Radicals ,Reactive oxygen species metabolism ,Phenolic compound ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Pharmaceutical Science ,Plant foods ,medicine.disease_cause ,01 natural sciences ,Antioxidants ,Biological Factors ,03 medical and health sciences ,Phenols ,Free radical ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Food science ,Carotenoid ,Beneficial effects ,Flavonoids ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Reactive oxygen species ,Vitamins ,Carotenoids ,0104 chemical sciences ,Oxidative Stress ,010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry ,030104 developmental biology ,Chronic disease ,chemistry ,Biochemistry ,Fruit ,Oxidative stre ,Biological propertie ,Reactive Oxygen Species ,Oxidative stress ,Biotechnology - Abstract
The consumption of fruit has increased in the last 20 years, along with the growing recognition of its nutritional and protective values. Many of the benefits of a diet rich in fruit are attributed to the presence of different bioactive substances, such as vitamins, carotenoids and phenolic compounds. Flavanoids, a class of phenolic compounds, present particular antioxidant activity and thus provide protection against cellular damage caused by reactive oxygen species. Research suggests that an increased intake of plant foods is associated with a reduced incidence of chronic disease. There is currently a great deal of interest in the study of antioxidants, in particular due to the discovery of the damaging effects of free radicals to the body. Thus, this review aims to address the beneficial effects of the antioxidants present in fruits, on the neutralization of reactive species and the reduction of any damage they may cause.
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- 2016
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