Systematic Evaluation and Mechanistic Investigation of Antioxidant Activity of Fullerenols Using β-Carotene Bleaching Assay

Table 2

The relative rate constant () and antioxidant activity (%AOA) of naturally occurring antioxidants.

Compound		%AOA at 10 M
Catechin	4.95	80.2
C60(OH)44	1.54	66.0
-Carotene	1.00	—
Isoflavone	0.68	35.6
Coenzyme Q10	0.50	29.1
Curcumin	0.26	17.7
-Lipoic acid	0.10	7.4

The reaction was conducted in anoxic conditions.
^bData from [18].