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Alpha-lipoic acid
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 September 2013
In a nutshell
ALA is a powerful antioxidant, both water and lipid soluble, that can also regenerate other antioxidants.
A range of ‘antioxidant’ and other clinical indications (such as chelating toxic metals) have been tested in small, open trials and/or animal studies. The most convincing clinical evidence so far is for a possible role in diabetes, particularly in treating diabetic neuropathy.
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