As an antioxidant, it helps tackle free radicals in the body which can lead to oxidative stress.* Oxidative stress happens when theres an imbalance in the production of free radicals and the bodys ability to fight them off
DNA damage repair: PARP1 consumes NAD+ to detect and repair DNA strand breaks
BL paradoxically exhibits neurotoxic and neuroprotective roles via antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity that may modulate the pathophysiology of various central nervous system disorders (Vtek and Tiribelli, 2021)
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5.1.2 Non-enzymatic antioxidants The human bodys non-enzymatic antioxidant system is made up of low-weight antioxidant compounds such as coenzyme Q10, lipoic acid, melatonin, and bilirubin, as well as antioxidant proteins (metal binding) like albumin, lactoferrin, ceruplasmin, ferritin, transferrin, and metallothioneins