Antiaging Medicine: Antioxidants and Aging

摘要

THE AGING PROCESS is a continuous set of events that causes gradual decrements in cellular functions (28). Individual actions of various factors as well as interplay among them are responsible for the cumulative untoward effects of aging. These factors can originate from within the cell or imposed upon it extracellularly. Accordingly, although the process of aging cannot be halted, offsetting the deleterious effects of these factors can significantly decelerate it. A common denominator of aging factors is their association with free radicals and modulation of redox potential of the cell (1,2, 10, 11)