Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

Antioxidant Determinations by the Use of a Stable Free Radical

Nature volume 181, pages 1199–1200 (1958)Cite this article

Abstract

METHODS for measuring antioxidants and appraising antioxidant activity appear to be of two general types. If the chemical nature of the antioxidant is known, one may strive for a test specific for the compound or group of interest; for example, the nitroprusside test for sulphydryl groups. Alternatively one may observe the inhibition of some natural oxidative process such as the β-oxidation of fats, as a function of the added antioxidant.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Relevant articles

Open Access articles citing this article.

Access options

Buy article

Get time limited or full article access on ReadCube.

$32.00

Buy

All prices are NET prices.

References

  1. Goldschmidt, S., and Renn, K., Chem. Ber., 55, 628 (1922). Poirier, R. H., Kahler, E. J., and Benington, F., J. Org. Chem., 17, 1437 (1952). Braude, E. A., Brook, A. G., and Linstead, R. P., J. Chem. Soc., 3574 (1954).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Blois, M. S., Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 18, 165 (1955).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Biophysics Laboratory, W. W. Hansen Laboratories of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California

    MARSDEN S. BLOIS

Authors
  1. MARSDEN S. BLOIS
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and Permissions

About this article

Cite this article

BLOIS, M. Antioxidant Determinations by the Use of a Stable Free Radical. Nature 181, 1199–1200 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811199a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1811199a0

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing