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Tag: "antioxidants" at biology news

New factor implicated in allergy and asthma attacks

...tradictory results concerning the effectiveness of antioxidants such as Vitamin C in reducing airway inflammation. Those contradictions, Dharajiya pointed out, are resolved by the evidence that pollen brings both NADPH oxidase and antigens into the airways, making airway antioxidant levels the critical factor. "T...

Researchers Discover Gene That Determines Asthma Susceptibility By Regulating Inflammation

... damage as well. ROS levels are normally offset by antioxidants in non-asthmatics. Recently, researchers have been hunting for novel genes that regulate inflammation with the hope of developing them as targets for the next generation of asthma drugs. Suspecting that a defect in antioxidant response exacerbates a...

Purdue scientists may have found key to halting spinal cord damage

... years, physicians have recommended a diet rich in antioxidants - such as vitamins C and E - which are able to attach themselves to free radicals, detoxifying them. While there is nothing inherently wrong with this approach, Shi said, it might not be getting at the root of some health problems. "Antioxidants are...

Red delicious, Northern Spy apples have most antioxidants, chemists find

...hey say, pack a greater wallop of disease-fighting antioxidants than other apples studied. The researchers, led b...ls that act like astringents ?are major sources of antioxidants in apples, but which polyphenols are most active in the fruit has perplexed scientists. Tsao and his...

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