Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, 7th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073403717
ISBN 13: 978-0-07340-371-7

Chapter 2 - The Chemistry of Life - Study Guide - Testing Your Recall - Page 75: 12

Answer

free radicals

Work Step by Step

Dietary antioxidants are important because they neutralize free radicals. Free radicals have unpaired electrons and are highly reactive. Dietary antioxidants are able to bind and stabilize the free radicals to prevent them from causing too much harm in the body.
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