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antioxidant

molecule that inhibits the oxidation of other molecules
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Summary

antioxidant is a class of chemical entities with similar applications or functions[1]. antioxidant ranks in the top 9% of class of chemical entities with similar applications or functions entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,180 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: food additive[3], protective agent[4], mechanism of action[5]
  • Commons category: Antioxidants[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Antioxidants[7]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9]
  • Topic has template: Template:Antioxidants[10]
  • Different from: free radical scavengers[11]
  • Subject has role: antioxidant activity[12]
  • Wikimedia import URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioxidant[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
  • WordLift URL: http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/antioxidants[15]

Why It Matters

antioxidant has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] antioxidant is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . CAC/GL 36-1989: Class names and the international numbering system for food additives, 2017 English revision. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . OpenAlex. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . medicalrecords.com. medicalrecords.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4ZBdHB
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000869-antioxidanty
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000869-antioxidanty, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Antioxidants
    Instance of → class of chemical entities with similar applications or functions
    Aliases → —
    Local thumb → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 4727, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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