A REVIEW ON THE EFFECT OF FREE RADICAL ON AGING

Pharmacy

ABSTRACT Aging is such a process through which all human beings go, some people age faster some slower. Aging is an inevitable physiological change occurring in organisms over time. Many factors like lifestyle and genetics can cause aging these are primary factors, some other external factors like environment, stress, improper sleep, and nutrition are also caused by premature aging or unhealthy aging. There are more than 300 theories for aging, and among all Free radical theory is the leading cause of aging. Aging is a process that we can neither stop nor reverse but we can make it healthy or successful aging. Healthy aging is about creating the environments and opportunities that enable people to be and do what they value. Therefore one of the best ways to deal with aging caused by free radicles is to encounter them with various antioxidants. Nutrient antioxidants belonging to exogenous antioxidants are compounds that cannot be produced in the body and must be provided through foods or supplements, such as vitamin E, vitamin C, carotenoids, trace metals (selenium, manganese, zinc), flavonoids, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids

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