I am looking for a cheap and effective way to detect types of antioxidants AND/OR even extract antioxidants for experiments that can be done in a highschool lab. Is it possible that there is something similar to a pH indicator, except for specific types of antioxidants or just antioxidants in general? Is it at all possible to extract antioxidants in a highschool lab?
Thank you!
The antioxidant power can be evaluated in vitro or in vivo by applying methods that measure the antioxidant capacity of a molecule or a natural extract. Given the complexity of the oxidation processes and the diverse nature of antioxidants, with both hydrophilic and hydrophobic components, there is not a universal method by which antioxidant activity can be measured quantitatively in a way very precise. Most often, the answers of different and complementary tests must be combined to obtain an indication of the antioxidant capacity of the sample to be tested.
For the extraction of antioxidants in high school, it's not really difficult to achieve. It will depend what you want to have as an extract to make the right choice of the extraction method
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