Antioxidants - Substances that are Antioxidants

Description

This section lists the various nutrients and other compounds that function as Antioxidants.

Amino Acids

 5-HTP (5-Hydroxytryptophan)  ^[1]

 Acetyl-L-Carnitine (ALC)  ^[2]

 Creatine (and presumably forms of Creatine such as Creatine Monohydrate)  ^[3]

 Cysteine:  ^[4]

 N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC)  ^[5]

 Cystine

 L-Dopa

 Methionine (DL form) indirectly acts as an Antioxidant (after its conversion to Cysteine within the body).

 Pangamic Acid (due to its Dimethyl Glycine component).

 Taurine  ^[6]

 Thioproline

 Tyrosine

Auxins

 dietary Indoles

Carbohydrates

 Beta 1,3 Glucan  ^[7]

 Chondroitin Sulfate  ^[8]

Carotenoids

 Alpha-Carotene (the Antioxidant effects of Alpha-Carotene are approximately 38% greater than those of Beta-Carotene).  ^[9]

 Astaxanthin (under most conditions its Antioxidant properties are greater than those of either Beta-Carotene and Vitamin E).  ^[10]

 Beta-Carotene  ^[11]

 Canthaxanthin

 Capsorubin (quenches Singlet Oxygen Free Radicals)

 Crocin  ^[12]

 Crocetin  ^[13]

 Fucoxanthin  ^[14]

 Lutein (quenches Singlet Oxygen Free Radicals).  ^[15]

 Lycopene  ^[16]

Enzymes

 Glutathione Peroxidase  ^[17]

 Glutathione-S-Transferase

 Papain

 Superoxide Dismutase (SOD)

Enzyme Inhibitors

 Protease Inhibitors

Hormones

 DHEA (Dehydroepiandrosterone) protects against Copper-induced lipid peroxidation  ^[18]

 Melatonin possesses Antioxidant properties:  ^[19]

 caution:  Melatonin's Antioxidant properties have a narrow dosage range, i.e. very low and very high levels of Melatonin have a pro-oxidant effect.

 Melatonin exerts its Antioxidant properties in both aqueous (water-soluble) and lipid (fat-soluble) environments of the body.  It permeates all of the body’s physiological barriers and enters all of the body’s subcellular compartments and is therefore active as an Antioxidant throughout the whole body, including the Brain.

Lignans

 Gomisan A

 Secoisolariciresinol ^[20]

 Sesaminol  ^[21]

 Wuweizisu C

Lipids

 Asiaticoside

 Beta-Ecdysterone  ^[22]

 Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA):  ^[23]

 The Antioxidant effects of CLA are believed to be 200% greater than those of Beta-Carotene.

 Ginsenoside Rg1

 Glycyrrhizin  ^[24]

 Resveratrol .  ^[25]

 Rosmanol  (its Antioxidant activity is approximately four times greater than that of the synthetic Antioxidant, Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT).

 Squalene is an Antioxidant.  ^[26]

 Ursolic Acid  ^[27]

Metabolic Chemicals

 NADH  ^[28]