Antioxidant

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-001852",
  "term": "Antioxidant",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Naturally occurring or synthetic substances that inhibit or retard the oxidation of a substance to which it is added. They counteract the harmful and damaging effects of oxidation in animal tissues.\n\n2. Antioxidants are added to plastic materials to inhibit the oxidation of plastic exposed to air. Antioxidants minimize degradation during processing, storage, and service. Hindered phenols are the class of compounds predominantly used to stabilize most polymers.\n\n3. Chemical compound or substance that inhibits oxidation.",
  "references": [
    "NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)",
    "EPA Preferred and Alternative Methods for Estimating Air Emissions from Plastic Products Manufacturing at http://www.epa.gov/ttnchie1/eiip/techreport/volume02/ii11.pdf",
    "EPA's Safer Choice Standard (February 2015) https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2013-12/documents/standard-for-safer-products.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/antioxidant/"
}