Insects possess a suite of antioxidant enzymes and small molecular weight antioxidants that may form a concatenated response to an onslaught of dietary and endogenously produced oxidants. Antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione transferase, and glutathione reductase have been characterized in insects. Water-soluble and lipid-soluble antioxidants such as ascorbate, glutathione, tocopherols, and carotenoids have not been well studied in insects but may play very important antioxidant roles. Additionally, the peritrophic matrix and trehalose may possess important antioxidant functions in insects. The enzymatic recycling of ascorbate, first noted in green plants, also exist in insects.
Certain Insects contain more Antioxidant enzymes than the below examples of fruits and vegetables known to contain an abundance of healthy antioxidants.
Leeks | Onions | Garlic
Eggplant | Grapes | Berries
Pumpkin | Mangos | Apricots | Carrots | Spinach | Parsley
Red wine | Tea
Seafood | Lean Mea | Milk | Nuts | Legumes
Red Peppers | Pumpkin | Mangoes
Tea | Green Tea | Red Wine | Citrus Fruits | Onion | Apples
Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower
Sesame seeds, bran, whole grains, vegetables
Corn, leafy greens, spinach
Tomatoes, pink grapefruit, watermelon
Seafood, lean meat, milk, nuts
Thyme, oregano
Seafood, offal, lean meat, whole grains
Oranges, berries, kiwi fruit, mangoes, broccoli, spinach, peppers
Vegetable oils, nuts, avocados, seeds, whole grains
Seafood, lean meat, milk, nuts
Red meat, offal, fish
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