Antioxidant Therapy: Potential and Limitations

摘要: ABSTRACT: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated under severe abiotic and biotic stress conditions as well during normal physiological processes. ROS damage DNA, lipids, proteins other cellular components leading to a number of degenerative diseases. Antioxidants like vitamin E, C, carotenoids, flavonoids, anthocyanins, many others gaining importance because their ability reduce or impede the oxidative in cell. As result, antioxidants being widely recommended for therapy diseases cardiovascular diseases, cancer, neurodegenerative ageing, cataract formation, male infertility, cystic fibrosis viral infections. Natural have several advantages over synthetic antioxidants. On hand when administered higher amounts exert detrimental effects on health. The dose route administration important factors be considered before taking any exogenous supplements