With regard to antioxidants, a paper detailing their character and effects written by Hao Lung-pin, a former professor in the Graduate Institute of Food Science and Technology at National Taiwan University (NTU) and currently a member of the Legislative Yuan, states; "The body, by a mysterious mechanism, uses the biological effect of certain antioxidants to destroy or break down free radicals.
至於抗氧化劑，「人體內有一套奇妙的機制，可藉由一些抗氧化物質的生化作用，將自由基破壞、分解，最後加以代謝排除」，曾任台大食品科技研究所教授的立法委員郝龍斌曾為文詳細解釋抗氧化劑的性質與作用。