What are the antioxidant drugs

There are many antioxidant drugs commonly used in clinical practice, which are broadly divided into two categories: western drugs and traditional Chinese medicine. Antioxidant drugs have more effects and efficacy and are widely used in clinical practice. Antioxidant drugs can scavenge oxygen free radicals, which can reduce the damage of free radicals to human blood vessel walls to achieve the purpose of anti-atherosclerosis. Clinically commonly used western drugs include vitamins, such as vitamin C and vitamin E, which have antioxidant and anti-aging effects, in addition to folic acid tablets, coenzyme Q10, lipoic acid, glutathione and other drugs also have antioxidant effects. According to pharmacological research, herbs or herbal extracts also have antioxidant and anti-free radical damage effects. Commonly used antioxidant herbal medicines include Ginkgo biloba, Danshen, Centipede, Deer antler, Garlic, Astragalus, Panax ginseng, Rhodiola, He Shou Wu, Ganoderma lucidum, Chuanxiong, Wu Wei Zi, etc., which need to be applied under the guidance of doctors. In addition to antioxidant drugs, there are also some foods that have antioxidant effects, which are generally found in foods containing vitamin C, such as oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, etc.; foods containing lycopene, mainly tomatoes; foods containing vitamin E, such as walnuts, corn oil, peanut oil, etc.; foods containing vitamin A, such as animal liver, carrots, etc. The human body can play a role in slowing down the aging of the skin by regularly consuming the above foods.