Evaluation of the accuracy of antioxidant competition assays: incorrect assumptions with major impact

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-144

  Balk, Jiska M ^a   Bast, Aalt ^a   Haenen, Guido R M M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Capacity; Competition assay; Free radicals; In vitro assay; Reaction rate; Reactive species

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; 5,5' DITHIOBIS(2 NITROBENZOIC ACID); ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; CATECHOL; CHRYSIN; COUMARIC ACID; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FERULIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; GALLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROXYTYROSOL; KAEMPFEROL; MANNITOL; OLEUROPEIN; PARA COUMARIC ACID; PHLORETIN; PHLORIZIN; QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE; THIOCTIC ACID; TROLOX C; UNINDEXED DRUG; URIC ACID; XANTHOPHYLL;

ACCURACY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 67349164699     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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