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[Antioxidant micronutrients and human pathology]
I Bretón Lesmes1, M Camblor Alvarez, M C de la Cuerda Compés
1Sección de Nutrición Clínica y Dietética, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España.
Nutricion Hospitalaria
|February 28, 2001
Abstract:
The harmful oxidation by free radicals has been implicated in the pathogenesis of many illnesses, including, as the most significant from the epidemiological standpoint, cardiovascular disease and cancer. This paper reviews the physio-pathological foundations of this relationship and describes the possible usefulness of anti-oxidant therapy in these and other conditions.