Free Radic Biol Med 133:221233 Angelova PR, Choi ML, Berezhnov AV, Horrocks MH, Hughes CD, De S et al (2020) Alpha synuclein aggregation drives ferroptosis: an interplay of iron, calcium and lipid peroxidation
Quick refresher on free radicals: these can be caused by environmental factors such as pollution, UV radiation, and cigarette smoke, as well as internal factors such as inflammation and metabolism
I have criticized the SpectraCell test for this in the past, in What Makes a Good Marker of Nutritional Status
Once reconstituted with bacteriostatic water , the solution remains viable 28-30 days refrigerated maximum, with sterile water reducing this to merely 5-7 days due to rapid bacterial growth without preservatives
Many nutritional compounds need this pathway to achieve optimal absorption instead of minimal uptake
This view motivated attempts to confer stress resistance in plants by overexpression of antioxidative enzymes (eg, Foyer et al