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| Substances that prevent or repair damage from oxidation |
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| Highly unstable atoms with unpaired electrons. |
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superoxide dismutase
catalase
glutathione peroxide |
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| How do antioxidants repair free radicals? |
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| They stabilize free radicals by donating their electrons or hydrogen atoms. |
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| What do antioxidant minerals do? |
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| convert free radicals into less harmful substances. |
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| What does Vit. E do as an antioxidant? |
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| Vitamin E acts as an antioxidant by donating an electron to free radicals, more specifically protecting PUFAs and LDLs. |
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| How does Vit. C assist Vit. E? |
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| Replaces Vit. E's lost electrons after it donates some to free radicals. |
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| What happens to atoms during oxidation? |
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| What does Vit. E specifically protect? |
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| The lungs, PUFAs and LDLs |
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| Why should be consume enough Vit. E? |
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| To prevent enthrocyte hemolysis |
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| Vitamin C assists in the synthesis of... |
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| How does dehydroascorbic acid return to being an antioxidant? |
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| It gains an electron from Glutathione |
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Retinol (alcohol)
Retinal (aldehyde)
Retinoic acid (acid) |
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| Vitamin A is essential to... |
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