Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 10SQ
All antioxidants ________.
- a. prevent other molecules from being oxidized.
- b. are coenzymes
- c. balance charge
- d. deoxidize free radicals
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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