Category Archives: Chalcones

Free Radical Recycling and The Eye

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Free radicals are chemicals that possess an unpaired electron in their outer orbital. This chemical structure makes them reactive and interaction with other chemicals can cause the free radical to gain an electron. Such interactions reduce and stabilise the free … Continue reading →

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Antioxidant Synergism

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Robert Barrington
Posted in Antioxidant, Beta Carotene, Carotenoids, Chalcones, Flavonoids, Glutathione, Glutathione peroxidase, Riboflavin, Selenium, Stilbenes, Terpenes, Tocopherols, Tocotrienols, Vitamin C, Vitamin E | Comments Off on Antioxidant Synergism

An Apple a Day Keeps The Doctor Away

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Fruit consumption is associated with improved health outcomes. In particular those who consume more fruit have been observed to have lower rates of Western lifestyle diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and obesity. The reason that fruit is beneficial to … Continue reading →

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