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| Figure 1: Proposed antioxidant properties of uric acid as it pertains to pathogenesis of some neurodegenerative diseases. Uric acid is considered a potent antioxidant that has been demonstrated to be neuroprotective. In the case of neurodegenerative disease pathogenesis, studies have shown that a reduction of uric acid is linked to an increased propensity toward disease progression. Due to the antioxidant nature of uric acid, it can be proposed that uric acid be considered as a therapeutic agent. |
