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| Antioxidants and their implication in oral health and general health | ||||||
| Lingam Amara Swapna1, Koppolu Pradeep2, Padma Reddy3, Koppolu Deepak4, Stuti Goyal5 | ||||||
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1Senior lecturer, Dept of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery, Vikarabad.
2Senior Lecturer, Dept of Periodontology, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery, Vikarabad. 3Reader, Dept of community and preventive dentistry, Panineeya Institute of Dental Sciences, Hyderabad. 4Senior Clinical Research Associate, George Institute, Hyderabad. 5Senior lecturer, Dept of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery, Vikarabad. | ||||||
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| Swapna LA, Pradeep K, Reddy P, Deepak K, Goyal S. Antioxidants and their implication in oral health and general health. International Journal of Case Reports and Images 2014;5(4):258–263. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Oxygen is extremely crucial for the existence of higher organisms. As the saying goes too much of even the best is awful. High and soaring concentration of oxygen are found to be toxic, and can damage tissues. Free radicals can adversely alter lipids, proteins and DNA and have been implicated in aging and in number of human diseases. Lipids are highly prone to free radical damage resulting in lipid peroxidation that can lead to adverse alterations. Free radical damage to protein can result in loss of enzyme activity. Damage caused to DNA, can result in mutagenesis and carcinogenesis. Nature has endowed us with protective antioxidant mechanisms from many dietary components. Thus, a greater consumption of fruits and vegetables should be encouraged as they are the natural sources of these chemopreventive antioxidants with other protective factors.
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Keywords:
Antioxidants, Beta carotene (β–carotene), Free radicals, 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25-D3).
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Author Contributions
Lingam Amara Swapna – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data. Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Koppolu Pradeep – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Padma Reddy – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Koppolu Deepak – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Stuti Goyal – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Source of support
None |
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Conflict of interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright
© Lingam Amara Swapna et al. 2014; This article is distributed the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any means provided the original authors and original publisher are properly credited. (Please see Copyright Policy for more information.) |
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