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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe The current enthusiasm for antioxidants is perhaps no surprise, given that studies suggesting health benefits from these compounds continue
to grab headlines. In April, for example, Jian-Wei Gu of the University of Mississippi Medical Center and his colleagues presented data in San Diego at the annual Experimental Biology
conference showing that antioxidants from green tea helped reduce breast tumor size by more than 60% in female mice. The next month, the media focused on findings from a mouse study
suggesting that compounds with antioxidant properties might slow the formation of beta-amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease (_J. Cell. Mol. Med._,
doi:10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00344.x; 2008). The craze over antioxidants gained considerable momentum in the 1990s as a result of large-scale human trials, including a study involving more
than 87,000 female nurses that suggested a heart benefit from the antioxidant vitamin E (_N. Engl. J. Med._ 328, 1444–1449; 1993). Meanwhile, other investigators continue to document how
free radicals cause cellular damage and to link these reactive forms of oxygen to illness, including cancer and diseases associated with aging (_Am. J. Cardiol._,
doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.02.006; 2008). This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal
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AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Hutson, S. Experts urge a more measured look at antioxidants. _Nat Med_ 14, 795 (2008).
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