{"id":657,"date":"2019-08-31T10:36:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T07:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foodoxys.com\/glutathione-and-diseases\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T12:01:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T09:01:38","slug":"glutathione-and-diseases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.foodoxys.com\/en\/glutathione-and-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Free radicals &#038; antioxidants"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"657\" class=\"elementor elementor-657 elementor-557\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42c5ad9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42c5ad9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a6aa0de\" data-id=\"7a6aa0de\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19b59f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19b59f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foodoxys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/foodoxys-stress.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-713\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foodoxys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/foodoxys-stress.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.foodoxys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/foodoxys-stress-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.foodoxys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/foodoxys-stress-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.foodoxys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/foodoxys-stress-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.foodoxys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/foodoxys-stress-1024x427.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-295a8260 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"295a8260\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76a7b4b5\" data-id=\"76a7b4b5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-711d132a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"711d132a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Free radicals &#038; antioxidants<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7873272 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7873272\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Antioxidants<\/strong> are endogenous or exogenous bioactive compounds, which demonstrate strong protective activities against the free radicals both at the cellular and the organismal level. Antioxidants are produced naturally in the human body or taken through the diet. The human body has the ability to produce a number of antioxidant molecules and among them glutathione is the most important.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free radicals<\/strong> are potentially harmful molecules, produced either as byproducts of human metabolism or under the influence of xenobiotic agents, such as smoking, alcohol consumption, air pollution, ionizing radiation, and specific drugs. Although in low concentrations they have important physiological roles and are necessary for the proper functioning of the organism, their excessive levels can cause significant oxidative damage to biological macromolecules, such as proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. The excessive generation of free radicals has been associated with a multitude of pathological conditions, such as cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer, while it has also been proposed as a potential mechanism for aging. However, their clinical significance has not yet been clarified.<\/p>\n<p>Antioxidants neutralize the excess of free radicals. In the case that the endogenous antioxidants are not sufficient to maintain redox homeostasis, the administration of nutritional antioxidants is required. Under basal conditions, a balance between free radicals and antioxidants is maintained. An imbalance between the production and accumulation of free radicals in cells and tissues and the ability of a biological system to detoxify them leads to a phenomenon known as <strong>oxidative stress<\/strong>. Oxidative stress is caused either by the reduced activity of the antioxidant mechanisms or by the excessive generation of free radicals. Oxidative stress has been associated with various diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, and cancer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c58b0ff\" data-id=\"2c58b0ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antioxidants are endogenous or exogenous bioactive compounds, which demonstrate strong protective activities against the free radicals both at the cellular and the organismal level. Antioxidants are produced naturally in the human body or taken through the diet. 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