The Ferric Reducing Ability of Plasma (FRAP) as a Measure of “Antioxidant Power”: The FRAP Assay

1996/07/01 by Iris F.F. Benzie, Iris F. F. Benzie, J.J. Strain +1 · 22,721 citations
Chemistry · Engineering · Medicine · #Absorbance #Antioxidant #Antioxidant capacity #Ascorbic acid #Biochemistry #Chemistry #Chromatography #DPPH #Electrochemical sensors and biosensors #Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment #Ferric #Ferric reducing ability of plasma #Ferrous #Food science #Inorganic chemistry #Iron Metabolism and Disorders #Organic chemistry #Oxygen radical absorbance capacity #Reagent #Trolox #Uric acid

paper · doi:10.1006/abio.1996.0292

published in Analytical Biochemistry 239(1), 70-76 (Elsevier BV)

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