Why do the antioxidant levels increase and how does it enter intracellular subcomponents?
People administered an antioxidant orally or intravenously to combat a problem like aging. However, the only way to gain access to the body is by breaking the antioxidant down into a different unreduced version. Then there is a necessity to require the consumption of electrons and cellular energy to resynthesize the antioxidant from its amino acids so the body can access the nutrients. On the contrary liposomes can deliver active, reduced antioxidants directly into the intracellular subcomponents like the mitochondria and nuclei without the use of additional energy. This phenomenon is possible because of the similarity of the liposome’s membrane to the cell membranes in the body like the mitochondria, endoplasmic reticula, and nuclei. This allows antioxidants to gain access directly to intracellular components. Usually a more energy expensive and inefficient process is performed by having an antioxidant, like Vitamin C in its oxidized (spent) form enter the cell. Once this version of V
