Research Article
Systematic Evaluation and Mechanistic Investigation of Antioxidant Activity of Fullerenols Using β-Carotene Bleaching Assay
Table 1
The relative rate constant (
) and antioxidant activity (%AOA) of fullerenols
a.
| | Compound | Methodb | | %AOA at 10 M |
| | C60(OH)44 | A | 1.54 | 66.0 | | C60(OH)36 | A′ | 0.80 | 52.7 | | C60(OH)24 | B | 0.68 | 46.0 | | C60(OH)26 | A′ | 0.31 | 31.7 | | C60(OH)12 | C | 1.62 | 70.1 | | C60(OH)8 | C | 1.24 | 62.8 | | [3] | 0.79 | 50.0 |
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The reaction was conducted in anoxic conditions.
bPreparation method described in Section 2.
cPVP was used as a water solubilizer.
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