Talk:List of antioxidants in food
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[edit] Merger with list of Phyto-Chemicals
Do Phyto-chemicals exhibit significant characters/behaviours other than anti-oxidants? For example Phyto-estrogens mimic the behaviour of estrogen inside the human body. This particular Hormone is associated more with development of body charateristics than with anti-oxidant properties. J mareeswaran (talk) 16:59, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
Phyto chemicals doesn't include vitamins as they are essential nutrients. So Anti-oxidants becomes a super-set of Phytochemicals. But list of phytochemicals is a more detailed article.If it is merged with anti-oxidants, it will disturb the clarity of this article. So probably both should remain as different articles with anti-oxidants focusing more on essential nutrientsJ mareeswaran (talk) 17:01, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- The term "phytochemical" just means "plant chemical." This includes any chemical that a plant produces, not just antioxidants. This could include alkaloids, for instance. Antioxidants are a subset of phytochemicals. That's why it doesn't make any sense at all to merge the two articles.
- WriterHound (talk) 06:12, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Anti-oxidant properties of Cereals
sorghum, rice bran etc. are mentioned high up in the ORAC scale along with spices and cocoa as per this link http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/12354500/Data/ORAC/ORAC07.pdf
Maybe the list(foods highest in anti-oxidants) given in this wikipedia article needs to be re-visited
J mareeswaran (talk) 18:17, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
I suggest the table in the Food Sources section be totally removed as it is a duplication of the table in Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity J mareeswaran (talk) 17:49, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Better than a list!
A table would be much better, with chemical, checkmark-able properties like antioxidant, anti-cancer, hepatoprotective, antifungal, antibacterial, antiviral, that way both lists could be merged into one better list. Of course, a database would be best, but that would require too much user input for wikipedia. Doseiai2 (talk) 16:44, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Clarity
It would be a whole lot better to have a specific section for Antioxidants in Food. I was actually hoping that it would be more detailed, complete with list of more food sources. People looking for Antioxidant section are looking for specific information. In my case, it is for longevity and anti-aging purposes. Merging with another section will blur the distinction. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.86.150.55 (talk) 01:47, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
