The substances that protect against oxidative stress and the resultant tissue damage at the cellular level is, option B. Antioxidants. Oxidation can cause imbalance in the body. Antioxidants are used to counteract the damage produced by free radicals. Good natural sources of antioxidants include fruits and vegetables.
The correct option is C.
Obligate anaerobes are micro organisms that are poisoned and killed when exposed to the normal atmospheric oxygen concentration. These organisms can only survive in the absences of oxygen, therefore, they carry out only anaerobic form of respiration in order to obtain the energy that they need. <span />
In eukaryotes, there are two distinct types of cell division: a vegetative division, whereby each daughter cell is genetically identical to the parent cell (mitosis), and a reproductive cell division, whereby the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells is reduced by half to produce haploid gametes (meiosis).