Antioxidant Phytochemicals for the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Diseases

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 20; no. 12; pp. 21138 - 21156
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yu-Jie, Gan, Ren-You, Li, Sha, Zhou, Yue, Li, An-Na, Xu, Dong-Ping, Li, Hua-Bin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 27.11.2015; MDPI
• Subjects: Animals; antioxidant phytochemicals; Antioxidants; Antioxidants - pharmacology; cancer; cardiovascular disease; Chronic Disease - prevention & control; Chronic illnesses; Disease prevention; health benefits; Humans; mechanism; Oxidative stress; Phytochemicals; Phytochemicals - pharmacology; Reactive oxygen species; Review; cardiovascular disease; antioxidant phytochemicals; cancer; health benefits; mechanism

Overproduction of oxidants (reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species) in the human body is responsible for the pathogenesis of some diseases. The scavenging of these oxidants is thought to be an effective measure to depress the level of oxidative stress of organisms. It has been reporte...