antioxidant

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ oxidant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæntiˈɒksɪdənt/

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Noun

antioxidant (plural antioxidants)

1. Any substance that slows or prevents the oxidation of another chemical.
2. (nutrition) One of a group of vitamins that act against the effects of free radicals.
   • 1985 May 1, Jane E. Brody, “PERSONAL HEALTH; HOW INNOVATIONS AFFECT SAFETY AND NUTRITION”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Although BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) and BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) are avoided by some consumers because several studies have suggested they may be toxic or carcinogenic (they are banned in Britain), these antioxidants have also been shown to inhibit the action of cancer-causing chemicals, and BHT has been shown to suppress the growth of harmful viruses.

   • 2015 July 6, “Hydrogen Peroxide Scavenging Activity of Novel Coumarins Synthesized Using Different Approaches”, in PLOS ONE‎^[2], →DOI:

     The postulated mechanism for the reaction of coumarin 4 as an antioxidant, as indicated in Fig 3, relies on the mercapto hydrogen atom (bold), which is under the influence of resonance and inductive effects.

Antonyms

• oxidant

Coordinate terms

• antiozonant

Translations

substance that slows oxidation

• Bulgarian: антиокисли́тел m (antiokislítel)
• Catalan: antioxidant m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抗氧化劑／抗氧化剂 (zh) (kàngyǎnghuàjì)

• Danish: antioxidant c
• Dutch: antioxidant (nl) m
• Estonian: antioksüdant
• Finnish: antioksidantti (fi), hapettumisenestoaine
• French: antioxydant (fr) m
• German: Antioxidans (de) n
• Indonesian: antioksidan (id)
• Italian: antiossidante (it) m
• Korean: 항산화제(抗酸化劑) (hangsanhwaje)
• Maori: pare tauhohenga hāora
• Polish: przeciwutleniacz (pl) m, antyoksydant (pl) m, antyutleniacz (pl) m
• Portuguese: antioxidante (pt) m
• Russian: антиоксида́нт (ru) m (antioksidánt), антиокисли́тель (ru) m (antiokislítelʹ)
• Spanish: antioxidante (es) m
• Swedish: antioxidant (sv) c
• Turkish: antioksidan (tr)

vitamin that acts against free radicals

• Bulgarian: антиокисли́тел m (antiokislítel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抗氧化劑／抗氧化剂 (zh) (kàngyǎnghuàjì)

• Estonian: antioksüdant
• Finnish: antioksidantti (fi)
• Italian: antiossidante (it) m
• Polish: przeciwutleniacz (pl) m, antyoksydant (pl) m, antyutleniacz (pl) m
• Portuguese: antioxidante (pt) m
• Spanish: antioxidante (es) m
• Turkish: antioksidan (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• French: antioxydant (fr) m
• Korean: 노화방지제 (nohwabangjije)

Adjective

antioxidant (not comparable)

1. Acting or having agents that act against oxidation.
   • 2016 January 6, “Resveratrol Induces Apoptosis-Like Death and Prevents In Vitro and In Vivo Virulence of Entamoeba histolytica”, in PLOS ONE‎^[3], →DOI:

     In Philasterides dicentrarchi, a scuticociliate pathogen of turbot, resveratrol causes oxidative stress, inhibition of antioxidant enzymes and morphological alterations in the mitochondria [17 ,54 ].

Translations

acting against oxidation

• Catalan: antioxidant
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抗氧化劑的／抗氧化剂的 (zh) (kàngyǎnghuàjì de)

• Czech: antioxidační
• Dutch: antioxiderende
• Finnish: antioksidanttinen
• French: antioxydant (fr)
• Indonesian: antioksidan (id)
• Italian: antiossidante (it)
• Portuguese: antioxidante (pt)
• Spanish: antioxidante (es)

Derived terms

• coantioxidant
• nonantioxidant
• superantioxidant

 

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French antioxydant. By surface analysis, anti- +‎ oxidant.

Noun

antioxidant m (plural antioxidanți)

1. antioxidant

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	antioxidant	antioxidantul		antioxidanți	antioxidanții
genitive-dative	antioxidant	antioxidantului		antioxidanți	antioxidanților
vocative	antioxidantule			antioxidanților