Dpph and abts.

Do you have links on published papers that utilizes DPPH and ABTS? I think beta carotene is expensive and hard to manage because of its photooxidation at room temperature.

Please check

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814606005747

http://apjcn.nhri.org.tw/server/apjcn/Volume16/vol16suppl.1/ZiyingYang(148-152).pdf

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf9913458

There are so many papers in the literature. go through it. Search in google.

Thanks Dr. Joshi!

NBT is trustworthy if you are looking for superoxide radical scavenging activity. I am attaching a pdf which will surely help you in your selection of protocol. It throws light on the most commonly used assays for antioxidants.

Regards

Thanks Dr. Nahata. I will look into the paper you've provided. Hopefully I could utilize some assay included in that paper. Regards!

This is an excellent paper reviewing antioxidant assays: http://www.nwpii.com/ajbms/papers/AJBMS_2013_2_03.pdf

Thank you Dr. Schauss.

Jovale, which kind of samples are you screening for? Synthetic or natural ?

Please look into the references listed below for a better understanding:-

http://pac.iupac.org/publications/pac/pdf/2013/pdf/8505x0957.pdf

http://www.medlabs.com/downloads/antiox_acti_.pdf

Cheers

Rohitash

Sir Jamwal, I am interested in quantifying the antioxidant activity of natural samples found here in our country. Thanks for the papers you supplied and regards!