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MeSH Heading: Antioxidants
Tree Number(s): D23.063; D27.505.519.217; D27.505.696.706.125; D27.720.799.047
Unique ID: D000975
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000975
Annotation: note entry term ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT: use only for the antioxidant effect of a chemical substance
Scope Note: Naturally occurring or synthetic substances that inhibit or retard oxidation reactions. They counteract the damaging effects of oxidation in animal tissues.
Entry Term(s): Anti-Oxidant; Anti-Oxidant Effect; Anti-Oxidant Effects; Anti-Oxidants; Antioxidant; Antioxidant Activity; Antioxidant Effect; Antioxidant Effects; Endogenous Antioxidant; Endogenous Antioxidants
See Also: Oxidative Stress; Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity; Pharmaceutic Aids
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/25

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

Concept UI: M0001491
Scope Note: Naturally occurring or synthetic substances that inhibit or retard oxidation reactions. They counteract the damaging effects of oxidation in animal tissues.
Terms: Antioxidants Preferred Term
Term UI T003008
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Anti-Oxidant
Term UI T000996250
Date11/14/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Anti-Oxidants
Term UI T000941523
Date03/26/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Antioxidant
Term UI T000996077
Date11/13/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Concept UI: M0556406
Terms: Antioxidant Effect Preferred Term
Term UI T788435
Date04/04/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Antioxidant Effects
Term UI T788436
Date04/04/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Anti-Oxidant Effect
Term UI T788437
Date04/04/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Anti-Oxidant Effects
Term UI T788438
Date04/04/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012)

Antioxidants MeSH Descriptor Data 2025