Free radicals are unstable molecules formed by pollution, UV rays, stress, and unhealthy lifestyle choices
The researchers measured the TAC score from their diet, splitting them into the highest to lowest quarter of TAC score, and compared this to a number of memory tests
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The apoptotic pathway is activated following focal brain ischemia leading to progressive neuronal injury via the activation of caspase-3 (Kuzu et al
Its primary role is to protect red blood cells from oxidative damage by producing a molecule called NADPH, which in turn maintains glutathione in its active, protective form