Antioxidant capacity
What it is
Antioxidant capacity is a laboratory estimate of how much oxidant or test radical a sample can neutralize under defined conditions.
What it does
It can help characterize a food or material under the conditions of that assay.
Research context and ingredient forms
An assay result is not a direct ranking of a food's ability to prevent disease in humans.
Using this information
Compare like assays and units. A high food-test score alone does not establish absorption, effective tissue exposure, or a benefit from a supplement.
Scientific Research & References
- Antioxidant Supplements: What You Need To Know
NCCIH, NIH
Limitations: Supports the bounded definition or statement mapped to it. This source alone does not establish a food- or product-specific clinical benefit.
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- Methods of measurement and evaluation of natural antioxidant capacity/activity (IUPAC Technical Report)
Reşat Apak, Shela Gorinstein, Volker Böhm, Karen M. Schaich, Mustafa Özyürek, Kubilay Güçlü
2013 · IUPAC / Pure and Applied Chemistry
Limitations: Laboratory methods and assay comparability; not evidence that a food or supplement prevents disease.
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