Tempol as an antioxidant; an updated review on current knowledge

Sara Beigrezaei ¹, Hamid Nasri ²^*

¹ School of Nutrition & Food Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

*Corresponding Author: Prof. Hamid Nasri, PhD; Email: hamidnasri@med.mui.ac.ir, Email: hamidnasri0220@gmail.com

Abstract

An antioxidant is a compound which reduces the oxidation of other molecules. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that can create free radicals, leading to chain reactions that may injure cells, so cause to diseases. Antioxidants end these chain reactions. Investigations have shown tempol can act as an antioxidant. In this review, tempol as supplement antioxidant is introduced for various diseases related to kidney diseases such as chronic kidney disease (CKD) and diabetic nephropathy (DN), etc.

Keywords: Tempol, Antioxidant, Chronic kidney disease, Diabetic nephropathy, Hyperlipidemia

Citation: Beigrezaei S, Nasri H. Tempol as an antioxidant; an updated review on current knowledge. Ann Res Antioxid. 2017;2(1):e01.