A strongly reducing compound, such as ascorbic acid, which counteracts the tendency of a metabolite to undergo oxidation to a potentially toxic or harmful species.
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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Antioxidant. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_13152
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