HEALTH: Bilirubin a powerful antioxidant

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Wed Nov 27 2002 - 00:22:15 MST


I haven't seen anyone post this. It looks like there may
be some evidence for bilirubin being a very powerful
antioxidant (even more than glutathione which is really
rather shocking).

Science Daily

http://www.sciencedaily.org/releases/2002/11/021126073207.htm

Johns Hopkins Press Release

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press/2002/November/021125B.htm

I haven't managed to find the PNAS article yet. Perhaps someone
at a Univ. with access can figure out where it is located.

At this time, I don't know anything however that would increase
ones bilirubin production. (More hemoglobin perhaps? But that
would seem to require more iron which is generally considered
to be a pro-oxidant.) There is something not entirely obvious
(at least to me) going on here.

Robert



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