Abstract
Due to increasing awareness about various effects of antioxidants, it has become an essential part to understand and thoroughly study the various antioxidants and their biological effect on day to day lifestyle. Oxidative stress being major problem these days leading to chronic diseases. The lean towards natural products is tremendously increased due to the revolution around us. Hence, “non chemical” or plant-derived aspect of living is accepted. In this chapter, basics of study starts with definition of antioxidants, knowledge of free radical, combating mechanism of antioxidants, generation of oxidative stress due to disproportion of free radical and antioxidants have been explained. Various antioxidants along with their sources are also included. Importance of antioxidants in living, a wellbeing state is studied which may prove to be useful in the future as well. Research and development in this particular field has led its roots deep down. Most attention is paid towards oral administration, such as fruits, vegetables, etc., in order to achieve the desired benefits. Therefore, it is vital to include food rich in antioxidant in our diet.
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Sarkate, A.P., Jambhorkar, V.S., Sakhale, B.K. (2022). Natural Food Antioxidants. In: Ekiert, H.M., Ramawat, K.G., Arora, J. (eds) Plant Antioxidants and Health. Reference Series in Phytochemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78160-6_32
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