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Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 58. No. 4., 2019.

Review article

https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2019.58.04.20

Prooxidant Activities of Antioxidants and Their Impact on Health

Robert Sotler ; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Department of Nursing, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Borut Poljšak ; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Department of Health Ecology and Control, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Raja Dahmane ; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Department of Biomedicine in Health Care, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tomislav Jukić ; Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Department of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine and History of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia
Doroteja Pavan Jukić ; Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Osijek, Croatia
Cecilija Rotim ; Dr Andrija Štampar Teaching Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Polonca Trebše ; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Department of Biomedicine in Health Care, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Andrej Starc orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-2128-7974 ; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Department of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Abstract

This review article is focused on the impact of antioxidants and prooxidants on health with emphasis on the type of antioxidants that should be taken. Medical researchers suggest that diet may be the solution for the control of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular complications, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and different cancers. In this survey, we found scientific evidence that the use of antioxidants should be limited only to the cases where oxidative stress has been identified. This is often the case of specific population groups such as postmenopausal women, the elderly, infants, workers exposed to environmental pollutants, and the obese. Before starting any supplementation, it is necessary to measure oxidative stress and to identify and eliminate the possible sources of free radicals and thus increased oxidative stress.

Keywords

Oxidative stress; Antioxidants; Diet; Chronic disease; Dietary supplements; Free radicals

Hrčak ID:

235293

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/235293

Publication date:

1.12.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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