Ngokokunyibilika kweeantioxidants, ingohlulwa yangazindidi ezimbini: amanzi{0}}i-soluble antioxidants kunye namafutha{1}}enyibilikayo antioxidants. Amanzi-i-antioxidant enyibilikayo idla ngokufumaneka kwicytoplasmic matrix kunye neplasma, ngelixa amafutha{4}}e-soluble antioxidants akhusela iilipids ze membrane yeseli kwi-peroxidation. Ezi khompawundi mhlawumbi ze-biosynthesized emzimbeni womntu okanye zifakwe ngokutya. Ii-antioxidants ezahlukeneyo zisasazwa kumanzi omzimba kunye nezicubu kuluhlu oluthile lokugxila. I-Glutathione kunye ne-coenzyme Q10 zifumaneka ikakhulu kwiiseli, ngelixa ezinye i-antioxidants ezifana ne-uric acid zisasazwa ngokubanzi (jonga le theyibhile ingezantsi ngeenkcukacha). Ezinye ii-antioxidants zikhona kuphela kwiithishu ezithile zomzimba ngenxa yeziphumo zazo ze-antioxidant kunye ne-pathogens ebalulekileyo kunye nezinto ze-pathogenic.
Ezinye iikhompawundi zilungelelanisa kunye ne-chelate kunye neentsimbi zokutshintsha ukuthintela isinyithi ekuqhubeni ukuveliswa kweeradicals zasimahla kwiiseli, ngaloo ndlela zidlala indima ekukhuseleni i-antioxidant. Eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu kule anti-indlela yokukhusela i-oxidant kukwahlula i-iron ion ngokusebenzisa i-coordination chelation, kuba i-iron ion isitshixo kwi-iron{2}}iproteni ezibophelelayo ezifana ne-transferrin kunye ne-ferritin{3}} iSelenium kunye ne-zinc zithathwa njengezondlo ze-antioxidant. Ezi zinto zimbini azinayo i-antioxidant effect kodwa zinokudlala indima kumsebenzi we-antioxidant enzymes.
