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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Antioxidants and Reactive Oxygen Species: Shaping Human Health and Disease Outcomes.

Charles F Manful, Eric Fordjour, Dasinaa Subramaniam, Albert A Sey, Lord Abbey, Raymond Thomas

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Charles F ManfulSchool of Science and the Environment, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, NL A2H 5G4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0807-0295
Eric FordjourBiotron Experimental Climate Change Research Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada.ORCID 0009-0007-7542-8190
Dasinaa SubramaniamSchool of Science and the Environment, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, NL A2H 5G4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2361-6284
Albert A SeySchool of Science and the Environment, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, NL A2H 5G4, Canada.
Lord AbbeyDepartment of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS B2N 5E3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2219-1752
Raymond ThomasBiotron Experimental Climate Change Research Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reactive molecules, including oxygen and nitrogen species, serve dual roles in human physiology. While they function as essential signaling molecules under normal physiological conditions, they contribute to cellular dysfunction and damage when produced in excess by normal metabolism or in response to stressors. Oxidative/nitrosative stress is a pathological state, resulting from the overproduction of reactive species exceeding the antioxidant capacity of the body, which is implicated in several chronic human diseases. Antioxidant therapies aimed at restoring redox balance and preventing oxidative/nitrosative stress have demonstrated efficacy in preclinical models. However, their clinical applications have met with inconsistent success owing to efficacy, safety, and bioavailability concerns. This summative review analyzes the role of reactive species in human pathophysiology, the mechanisms of action of antioxidant protection, and the challenges that hinder their translation into effective clinical therapies in order to evaluate potential emerging strategies such as targeted delivery systems, precision medicine, and synergistic therapeutic approaches, among others, to overcome current limitations. By integrating recent advances, this review highlights the value of targeting reactive species in the prevention and management of chronic diseases.

Indexed as

AntioxidantsReactive Oxygen SpeciesAnimalsChronic DiseaseHumansOxidation-ReductionOxidative StressReactive Nitrogen SpeciesAntioxidantsReactive Nitrogen SpeciesReactive Oxygen Specieschronic diseasesinflammationnanomedicinenitrosative stressoxidationoxidative stressprecision medicine

Identifiers

PMID40806653
PMCPMC12347716

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