Definition of "oxidant" []

• A substance that oxidizes another substance; an oxidizing agent. (noun)

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• "Antioxidants are molecules which can safely interact with free radicals and terminate the chain reaction before vital molecules are damaged, and green tea has EGCG as an anti-oxidant which is found to be 100 times more effective than vitamin C, 25 times more effective than Vitamin E and twice as powerful as its peers!"
• "The "oxidant" in the word "antioxidant" isn't just anything having to do with oxygen, "oxidant" is referring to a chemical reaction called oxidation."
• "Modern research on the subject, of which there is a growing amount, tends to look at spices 'anti-oxidant, nutritional, disinfectant or anti-microbial effects."