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Photosynthesis generates a huge amount of free radicals and oxygenated byproducts. Plants are loaded with antioxidants to protect themselves from all this. As
by cageface 7y ago
Photosynthesis generates a huge amount of free radicals and oxygenated byproducts. Plants are loaded with antioxidants to protect themselves from all this.
As a species we’ve evolved to piggyback off this process instead of doing the hard work of generating these protective compounds ourselves.