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SUBMITTER: Prasad S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7022920 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Prasad Sahdeo S Srivastava Sanjay K SK
Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) 20200113 1
Oxidative stress, caused by the overproduction of free radicals, leads to the development of many chronic diseases including cancer. Free radicals are known to damage cellular biomolecules like lipids, proteins, and DNA that results in activation of multiple signaling pathways, growth factors, transcription factors, kinases, inflammatory and cell cycle regulatory molecules. Antioxidants, which are classified as exogenous and endogenous, are responsible for the removal of free radicals and conseq ...[more]