Determination of antiradical and antioxidant activity: basic principles and new insights.
Although the term 'antioxidant' is used very frequently, there are problems with the definition of antioxidants and estimation of antioxidant activity. The distinction between antioxidant and antiradical activities is not always obvious. This minireview discusses critically the principles, advantages and limitations of the most frequently used methods of estimation of antiradical and antioxidant activities.
Tirzitis
Gunars
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Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia. gunars.tirzitis@gmail.com <gunars.tirzitis@gmail.com>
Bartosz
Grzegorz
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D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical / Q000494:pharmacology; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction / Q000187:drug effects; D010851:Picrates / Q000494:pharmacology; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism
D000975:Antioxidants; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D010851:Picrates; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; C004931:1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl