Free Radicals, Anti-Oxidants and Related Diseases

Abstract

Prof. Dr Daiekh Abed Ali Abod* And  Zain Aldeen  Daiekh**

     This article attempts to provide an overview of the free radicals with their types and their sources of formation as well as on the chemicals called anti-oxidants and how they kill the chain reactions caused by free radicals.

    The article also highlights the types of diseases associated with the so called oxidative stress caused to living cells by free radicals. These diseases include cancers, arteriosclerosis, eyes and skin diseases besides aging.

* Prof Of Bio-Organic Chemistry - Thamar University - Thamar.Repuplic Of Yemene

** A Practicing Physician