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FREE RADICAL are highly energized,
reactive molecules that have one or more unpaired electrons which has
the effect upon mechanisms regulating cellular functions.
These unstable, highly energized molecules can trigger chain reactions,
generating more and more free radicals, increasing the chances of
disease. They damage cell membranes and result in extensive cellular as
well as tissue destruction and possibly degenerative disease such as
cardiovascular disease, cancer and premature aging.
Besides that, numerous tissue processes associated with inflammation,
ischemic injury, endothelial vessel wall damage, cellular membrane
destabilization, drug effects, mutagen properties etc, also mediated by
oxygen-derived free radicals.
FREE RADICALs are everywhere:
• Ultra Violet Light
• Chemicals
• The Cooking Process
• X-rays
• Air Pollution
• Enzyme Functions
• Tobacco Smoke
• Rancid Foods
• Also Produced in the BODY
Free radicals action is inhibited by
endogenous enzymatic antioxidant (Superoxide Dismutase) or by
exogenous antioxidant. Failure of the enzymatic control mechanism and
other disorder result in pathologic manifestation due to uncontrolled
metabolism of free radicals.
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