Antioxidative effect products

Increasing surface-to-volume ratio increases susceptibiUty to oxidation. Thin film and fiber are much more sensitive to oxidation than thick specimens (26). The effectiveness of an antioxidant for products with high surface-to-volume ratios is deterrnined not only by its inherent activity in a particular polymer, but also by the rate of loss by volatilization. 

The terminology describing the action of antioxidants is unfortunately not clear. Terms such as antioxidant power , antioxidant effectiveness , antioxidant ability , antioxidant activity , and antioxidant capacity are often used interchangeably and without discrimination. Here we use the term antioxidant activity as meaning a measure of the rate of antioxidant action, and the term antioxidant capacity as meaning a measure of the extent of antioxidant action, i.e. the amount of radicals or intermediates and products produced during oxidation that are quenched by a given antioxidant. Thus antioxidant activity is related to the kinetics of the antioxidant action and antioxidant capacity to the stoichiometry. 

Baker, D. L. et al. (1999). Reactions of beta-carotene with cigarette smoke oxidants. Identification of carotenoid oxidation products and evaluation of the prooxidant antioxidant effect. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 12(6) 535-543. Bonnie, T. Y. P. and Y. M. Choo (1999). Oxidation and thermal degradation of carotenoids. J. Oil Palm Res. 11(1) 62-78. 

Population studies associate tomato consumption with reduced risk to prostate cancer. The most positive associations have come from cohort studies performed before the prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-screening era, and these studies have suggested that the tomato/lycopene effect was the strongest for clinically relevant prostate cancers (Giovannucci 2007). Small human studies have shown in vivo antioxidant effects for tomato products but evidence for lycopene alone is weak (Chen et al. 2001, Porrini and Riso 2000, Riso et al. 2004, Zhao et al. 2006). Animal and tissue culture studies have been... 

Takamatsu S, Galal AM, Ross SA, Ferreira D, ElSohly MA, Ibrahim ARS and El-Feraly FS. 2003. Antioxidant effect of flavonoids on DCF production in HL-60 cells. Phytother Res 17(8) 963—966. 

Thus, the mechanism of MT antioxidant activity might be connected with the possible antioxidant effect of zinc. Zinc is a nontransition metal and therefore, its participation in redox processes is not really expected. The simplest mechanism of zinc antioxidant activity is the competition with transition metal ions capable of initiating free radical-mediated processes. For example, it has recently been shown [342] that zinc inhibited copper- and iron-initiated liposomal peroxidation but had no effect on peroxidative processes initiated by free radicals and peroxynitrite. These findings contradict the earlier results obtained by Coassin et al. [343] who found no inhibitory effects of zinc on microsomal lipid peroxidation in contrast to the inhibitory effects of manganese and cobalt. Yeomans et al. [344] showed that the zinc-histidine complex is able to inhibit copper-induced LDL oxidation, but the antioxidant effect of this complex obviously depended on histidine and not zinc because zinc sulfate was ineffective. We proposed another mode of possible antioxidant effect of zinc [345], It has been found that Zn and Mg aspartates inhibited oxygen radical production by xanthine oxidase, NADPH oxidase, and human blood leukocytes. The antioxidant effect of these salts supposedly was a consequence of the acceleration of spontaneous superoxide dismutation due to increasing medium acidity. 

Anthralin (59), used clinically as an antipsoriatic, inhibited human ISN (7 /zM) the oxidation products of (59) (the corresponding quinone and dimer) were not active [164]. A non-specific antioxidant effect was suggested, since co-oxidation of LTB4 and mouse ear 12-LO were inhibited at similar concentrations [165]. However, some other phenolic polycyclic aromatic compounds appear more specific in their actions. 

Resveratrol is another type of polyphenol, a stilbene derivative, that has assumed greater relevance in recent years as a constituent of grapes and wine, as well as other food products, with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-platelet, and cancer preventative properties. Coupled with the cardiovascular benefits of moderate amounts of alcohol, and the beneficial antioxidant effects of flavonoids, red wine has now emerged as an unlikely but most acceptable medicinal agent. 

Alhamdani, M. S. S., Al-Kassir, A. H. A. M., Abbas, F. K. H., Jaleel, N. A., and Al-Taee, M. F. (2007a). Antiglycating and antioxidant effect of carnosine against glucose degradation products in peritoneal mesothelial cells. Nephron Clin. Prad. 107, 26-34. 

Data on stability of the drug products should be presented for all testing intervals and evaluated with physical, chemical, and microbiological, microbial preservative effectiveness, antioxidant effectiveness, and functionality tests as appropriate to the... 

Yet, in vivo experiments show that estrogens have a powerful antioxidant effect Mitochondrial H202 production is significantly increased (by more than 50%) after ovariectomy, and this is completely prevented when ovariectomized rats are treated with estradiol at doses similar to those used in estrogen... 

In a related study, resveratrol significantly reduced colonic injury, neutrophil infiltration, and drastically reduced the PGD2 concentration by inhibiting COX-2, but not affecting COX-1 [Martin et al., 2004]. It appears that the antiinflammatory activity of resveratrol may be realized through the inhibition of both COX-1 and COX-2-mediated pro-inflammatory signaling, suppression of pro-inflammatory mediator production, as well as from its potent antioxidative effects. 

Other putative effects of estrogens include preservation of autoregulatory function, an antioxidant effect, reduction of A(i production and neurotoxicity, reduced excitotoxicity, increased expression of antiapoptotic factor bcl-2, and activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways. Also, there is overwhelming data indicating that estrogens enhance survival of neurons both in vitro and in vivo (Green and Simpkins, 2000). 

Lingnert, H. Eriksson, C. E. Antioxidative effect of Maillard reaction products. Prog. Food Nutr. Sci. 1981,... 

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