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Article: Protecting role of antioxidant vitamins and minerals in disease and aging explored at American Chemical Society National Meeting.
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- September 26, 1988
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PROTECTING ROLE OF ANTIOXIDANT VITAMINS AND MINERALS IN DISEASE
AND AGING EXPLORED AT AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY NATIONAL MEETING
NUTLEY, N.J., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent studies reported at the American Chemical Society National Meeting in Los Angeles this week show that vitamins C, E and beta carotene and the minerals zinc, manganese, copper and selenium help protect cells and tissues from the sometimes harmful action of unstable chemicals in the body called "free radicals." Free radicals are produced in the body through normal biological processes, and through such environmental exposures as radiation, ultra-violet light (sunlight), air ...