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antioxidant

antioxidant

English

Noun

antioxidant ‎(plural antioxidants)

Any substance that acts to slow or prevent the oxidation of another chemical.
In nutrition, one of a group of vitamins that act against the effects of free radicals.

Translations

substance that slows oxidation

Bulgarian: антиокислител m ‎(ántiokislítel)
Catalan: antioxidant m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 抗氧化劑 (zh), 抗氧化剂 (zh) ‎(kàngyǎnghuàjì)
Danish: antioxidant c
Estonian: antioksüdant
Finnish: antioksidantti (fi), hapettumisenestoaine
French: antioxydant (fr) m

German: Antioxidans (de) n
Italian: antiossidante (it) m
Polish: przeciwutleniacz (pl), antyoksydant (pl)
Portuguese: antioxidante 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: антиокислител m ‎(ántiokislítel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 抗氧化劑 (zh), 抗氧化剂 (zh) ‎(kàngyǎnghuàjì)
Estonian: antioksüdant
Finnish: antioksidantti (fi)

Italian: antiossidante (it) m
Portuguese: antioxidante m
Spanish: antioxidante (es) m
Turkish: antioksidan (tr)

Antonyms

oxidant

Adjective

antioxidant ‎(not comparable)

Acting or having agents that act against oxidation.

Translations

acting against oxidation

Catalan: antioxidant
Chinese:
Mandarin: 抗氧化劑的 (zh), 抗氧化剂的 (zh) ‎(kàngyǎnghuàjì de)
Finnish: antioksidanttinen

French: antioxydant (fr)
Italian: antiossidante (it)
Portuguese: antioxidante
Spanish: antioxidante (es)