Pitfalls in a method for assessment of total antioxidant capacity

Free Radical Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 515-521

  Strube, Michael ^a   Haenen, Guido R M M ^b   Van Den Berg, Henk ^a   Bast, Aalt ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Potassium cyanide; Quercetin; TEAC; Total antioxidant capacity; Trolox

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PEROXIDASE; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; QUERCETIN; SCAVENGER; TROLOX C;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY;

EID: 0030798636     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715769709097822     Document Type: Article

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