Antioxidants

Antioxidants improve oocyte aging.

“Experimental strategies, including antioxidant supplementation, restoration of NAD + metabolism, mitochondrial transfer, and exosome-based interventions, have shown potential to ameliorate features of oocyte aging, primarily in animal and preclinical models.”

Reviewprimarily in animal and preclinical modelsoocytefemales

Endocrine and Molecular Mechanisms of Oocyte Aging: From Gonadotropin Signaling to Metabolic and Microenvironmental Dysfunction · Current issues in molecular biology · 19 Sep 2026

Antioxidants improve muscle strength in humans (7/8 studies).

“Comparative clinical benefits were reported primarily for strength or power (7/8 studies), with less support for physical performance (2/6 studies assessing this domain) or body composition-related muscle quantity (2/8 studies).”

Reviewin older adults with aging-related muscle decline or sarcopeniaskeletal muscle

Antioxidant Interventions on Muscle Function and Mass in Aging-Related Muscle Decline: A Systematic Review of Preclinical and Clinical Evidence · Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 15 Sep 2026