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Editorial
. 2018 Jan 12;7(1):9.
doi: 10.3390/antiox7010009.

Dietary Antioxidants and Health Promotion

Dejian Huang  1
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Editorial

Dietary Antioxidants and Health Promotion

Dejian Huang. Antioxidants (Basel). .

Abstract

Accumulating scientific evidence suggests that over-production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) may be the root cause of chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegeneration, and ageing per se [1,2].[...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no conflict of interest.

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