Selected in vitro Methods to Determine Antioxidant Activity of Hydrophilic/Lipophilic Substances
Aneta Ácsová *, Silvia Martiniaková, Jarmila Hojerová
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, Department of Food Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia
E-mail: * aneta.acsova@stuba.sk
Abstract: The topic of free radicals and related antioxidants is greatly discussed nowadays. Antioxidants help to neutralize free radicals before damaging cells. In the absence of antioxidants, a phenomenon called oxidative stress occurs. Oxidative stress can cause many diseases e.g. Alzheimer’s disease and cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, antioxidant activity of various compounds and the mechanism of their action have to be studied. Antioxidant activity and capacity are measured by in vitro and in vivo methods; in vitro methods are divided into two groups according to chemical reactions between free radicals and antioxidants. The first group is based on the transfer of hydrogen atoms (HAT), the second one on the transfer of electrons (ET). The most frequently used methods in the field of antioxidant power measurement are discussed in this work in terms of their principle, mechanism, methodology, the way of results evaluation and possible pitfalls.
Keywords: ET methods; HAT methods; in vitro; oxidative stress; total antioxidant activity
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Acta Chimica Slovaca, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2019, pp. 200—211, DOI: 10.2478/acs-2019-0028