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Antioxidant vs Antioxidation - What's the difference?

antioxidant | antioxidation |

As nouns the difference between antioxidant and antioxidation

is that antioxidant is any substance that acts to slow or prevent the oxidation of another chemical while antioxidation is the action of an antioxidant.

As an adjective antioxidant

is acting or having agents that act against oxidation.

antioxidant

English

(wikipedia antioxidant)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any substance that acts to slow or prevent the oxidation of another chemical.
  • In nutrition, one of a group of vitamins that act against the effects of free radicals.

    • Antonyms

    * oxidant

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Acting or having agents that act against oxidation.

    • antioxidation

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The action of an antioxidant