Evaluation of antioxidants: Scope, limitations and relevance of assays

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 638-647

  Pinchuk, I ^a   Shoval, H ^a   Dotan, Y ^a   Lichtenberg, D ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Antioxidative potency; Assays; Capacity; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ASSAY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN RADICAL ABSORBANCE CAPACITY ASSAY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RERRIC REDUCING ANTIOXIDANT POWER ASSAY; REVIEW; TROLOX EQUIVALENT ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY ASSAY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHROMANS; FATTY ACIDS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84864746518     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: 18732941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2012.05.003     Document Type: Review

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