Issue 50, 2015

The ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) index does not reflect the capacity of antioxidants to trap peroxyl radicals

Abstract

In the present work we demonstrate from kinetic studies that under the experimental conditions proposed for the ORAC protocol, ORAC values do not correlate with the capacity of antioxidants to trap peroxyl radicals (ROO˙), suggesting a dominant role of alkoxyl radicals (RO˙) in the assay.

Graphical abstract: The ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) index does not reflect the capacity of antioxidants to trap peroxyl radicals

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Jan 2015
Accepted
27 Apr 2015
First published
27 Apr 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 39899-39902

Author version available

The ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) index does not reflect the capacity of antioxidants to trap peroxyl radicals

E. Dorta, E. Fuentes-Lemus, A. Aspée, E. Atala, H. Speisky, R. Bridi, E. Lissi and C. López-Alarcón, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 39899 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA01645B

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