Free radicals and oxidation
When you cut an apple, the cut edges turn brown. That is because exposure to air is causing it to “rust”. That is oxidation.
Oxygen molecules in our body lose an electron while interacting with other molecules. This is another form of oxidation. Now these unstable injured oxygen molecules (free radicals) are going [...]
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Free radicals and antioxidants
Posted in free radicals and antioxidants, tagged free radicals and antioxidants, oxidation on January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
