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What are free radicals and why are they a concern?

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What are free radicals and why are they a concern?

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Free radicals are unstable oxygen atoms. They have an unpaired electron and seek to scavenge an electron from a stable atom, by a process called oxidation. Free radicals can damage important cellular molecules may be responsible for numerous age-related diseases.

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Free radicals are general chemical species of unpaired electrons. One can find here some interesting descriptions of free radical & antioxidant.

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