Falcão, SoraiaBarros, LillianFerreira, Isabel C.F.R.Freire, CristinaVilas-Boas, Miguel2011-02-272011-02-272008Falcão, Soraia; Barros, Lillian; Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R.; Freire, Cristina; Vilas Boas, Miguel (2008). Evaluation of the antioxidant capacity of edible wild mushrooms by cyclic voltammetry. In XXI Encontro Nacional da SPQ- Química e Inovação. Portohttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/3553The problems of oxygen metabolism in humans constantly attract the attention. especially now that is obvious that the excess of oxygen and its reactive species cause radical-chain oxidation processes in cellular tissues, resulting in fast aging, cell destruction and incurable diseases. Cells are equipped with several defense systems which act through a variety of mechanisms, one of those is the protection through low-molecular weight antioxidants. like phenolic compoundsengconference object