Sentences with phrase «key antioxidant enzymes»

Extracts from the highly pigmented and colorful purple - fleshed and purple - skinned sweet potatoes have been shown in research studies to increased the activity of two key antioxidant enzymes — copper / zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu / Zn - SOD) and catalase (CAT).

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This hearty vegetable activates and regulates detoxification enzymes in the body from the key phytonutrients and antioxidants.

A 2012 Swinburne study looked at how some of these extracts slow down two key enzymes in carbohydrate metabolism which affect blood sugar and diabetes and also found they had an antioxidant effect.

I believe the purpose of antioxidants is for protection of the cells key components, such as the DNA and mitochondria, ensuring long term health and stability while these specific foods that have anticancer enzymes are more for a short term approach directly stopping any cancer from growing, and of course, eating a lot of these foods everyday makes short term last for a lifetime!

It is incorporated into key enzymes involved in several metabolic pathways implicated in thyroid hormone metabolism; additionally, it plays an antioxidant role in the regulation of the immune system.

One study shows that curcumin turns on a key gene signal involved with nerve protection, which boosts antioxidant enzymes in the brain and helps to prevent neurodegeneration.