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Review
. 1989 Jan;119(1):109-11.
doi: 10.1093/jn/119.1.109.

Antioxidant action of carotenoids

G W Burton  1
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Review

Antioxidant action of carotenoids

G W Burton. J Nutr. 1989 Jan.

Abstract

Several modes of antioxidant action of beta-carotene are discussed. In particular, the focus is on the ability of beta-carotene to function as a chain-breaking antioxidant in a lipid environment at physiological O2 partial pressures. This is the mode considered most likely to operate in mammalian cells.

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