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Antioxidants in Technology

Antioxidants have a variety of uses in the industry. They are most commonly used as food preservatives and supplements. The industrial and other uses of antioxidants can be summarized as follows.

24 Nov 2009

Antioxidants in Food

Antioxidants are present in large amounts in several foods. However, actual amount of antioxidants in several plant products may differ due to several factors. These include:

24 Nov 2009

Antioxidant Health Effects

Antioxidants, like oxidative injury causing pro-oxidants, have a profound role in health and diseases in humans. Some of the major beneficial roles include those in disease prevention and treatment.

24 Nov 2009

Reactive oxygen species or ROS and free radicals can cause severe damage to the normal cells of the body. This damage can be to the DNA, proteins, and other macromolecules. This damage forms the basis of a wide variety of diseases, most notably heart disease and cancer.

24 Nov 2009

Antioxidant: Pro-Oxidant Activities

Antioxidants that reduce the pro-oxidant or oxidative stress causing action of various reactive oxygen species and free radicals also have a dark side.

24 Nov 2009

Antioxidant: The Oxidative Challenge In Biology

Oxygen is the vital requirement for living beings. This is required for the complex metabolic pathways. The paradox of oxygen requirement is the high reactivity of the oxygen molecule. These reactive oxygen molecules damage living organisms by producing reactive oxygen species.

24 Nov 2009

What are Antioxidants?

Oxygen free radicals set off damaging and lethal chain reactions within cells. Antioxidants reduce oxidative damage and may therefore slow ageing.

24 Nov 2009

Kawasaki Disease Prognosis

Kawasaki disease is an autoimmune condition causing inflammation of arterial vessels in children, usually before the age of five.

24 Nov 2009

Kawasaki Disease Treatment

Treatment of Kawasaki disease usually requires hospitalization. This is due to the high risk of serious vascular complications that may be seen in 2% to 5% of children affected by the condition. In most cases, the condition resolves without treatment but may take longer than when treatment is administered.

24 Nov 2009

Kawasaki Disease Diagnosis

There are no specific tests that can pinpoint Kawasaki disease, an autoimmune condition that causes inflammation of the small and medium sized blood vessels throughout the body. In 80% of cases, the condition manifests before the age of 5 and boys are 50% more likely to be affected than girls.

24 Nov 2009

Kawasaki Disease Symptoms

Kawasaki disease is an autoimmune condition affecting arterial vessels, usually in children under five years of age. The disease is 50% more common among boys than girls. Diagnosis and detection is most commonly based on the child's clinical signs and symptoms.

24 Nov 2009

What is Kawasaki Disease?

Kawasaki disease is a rare disorder that is most commonly seen in children under the age of five. The condition is also termed mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome and usually manifests much like a viral infection in affected children. It is also known of as infantile polyarteritis. The exact cause of the condition is not well understood.

24 Nov 2009

Heart Rate Abnormalities

The heart rate is the number of times the heart beats per unit of time. There are several abnormalities of this rate and rhythm.

24 Nov 2009

Heart Rate Reserve

Heart rate reserve describes the difference between a measured heart rate or the predicted maximum heart rate and the resting heart rate in a person. It indicates the heart rate reserve cardiovascular fitness of a person.

24 Nov 2009

Target Heart Rate

Target heart rate is the desired range of heart rate that is achieved during aerobic exercise. Normal heart rate ranges between 72 to 90 beats per minute.

24 Nov 2009

What is Heart Rate?

The normal heart beats from its formation within the mother’s womb until death. Heart rate is the number of heartbeats per unit of time. Usually heart rate is expressed as beats per minute (BPM).

24 Nov 2009

Hyperlipidemia Treatment

Hyperlipidemia describes a condition where the amount of lipids in the blood is too high. It can include several conditions, but usually refers to a high cholesterol and triglyceride level.

24 Nov 2009

What is Hyperlipidemia?

Hyperlipidemia or dyslipidemia is also called high blood cholesterol. Cholesterol is a waxy white fatty molecule which is an essential part of every cell membrane. It is also a building block for many important molecules such as testosterone, estrogen and other hormones, as well as bile acids, which are a vital part of many body functions. It is synthesized in the body, and also absorbed from animal foods.

24 Nov 2009