Antioxidant

Quick meaning: Antioxidant is a noun meaning Any substance that slows or prevents the oxidation of another chemical.

Meaning

Any substance that slows or prevents the oxidation of another chemical.

More Meanings

1. (nutrition) One of a group of vitamins that act against the effects of free radicals.
2. Acting or having agents that act against oxidation.

Example Sentences

In Philasterides dicentrarchi, a scuticociliate pathogen of turbot, resveratrol causes oxidative stress, inhibition of antioxidant enzymes and morphological alterations in the mitochondria [17 ,54 ].

The postulated mechanism for the reaction of coumarin 4 as an antioxidant, as indicated in Fig 3, relies on the mercapto hydrogen atom (bold), which is under the influence of resonance and inductive effects.

Although BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) and BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) are avoided by some consumers because several studies have suggested they may be toxic or carcinogenic (they are banned in Britain), these antioxidants have also been shown to inhibit the action of cancer-causing chemicals, and BHT has been shown to suppress the growth of harmful viruses.

Word Forms

• antioxidants

Antonyms for antioxidant

Common opposites include oxidant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rust, preservative, stabilizer, chelator, anti-ozonant, anti-ozone.

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