Authors
Plavinsky S. L.
PhD, St. Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education
Plavinskaya S. I.
St. Petersburg Institute of Experimental Medicine, Russian Academy of Medical Scienses
Abstract
Compiling the survey on antioxidants and prevention of major human diseases, the authors performed information retrieval in the main biomedical databases. The emphasis was made on the research meeting the principles of evidence-based medicine. Upon analyzing the sources, the authors conclude that further research in this vital area of medicine is necessary. At the same time they confidently assert that antioxidants should not be used by healthy people for prevention of cardiac diseases and cancer.
Key words
antioxidants, prevention of diseases, cardiovascular diseases, cancer
