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A simplified method for the evaluation of antioxidants

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Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society

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A procedure is described for rapid evaluation of antioxidants. Dilute aqueous emulsions of an antioxidant, carotene and lipid were prepared in spectrometer tubes. The oxidative destruction of carotene in the emulsion was observed directly with a colorimeter. The antioxidants were then evaluated according to their effect on the rate of carotene decolorization.

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  1. General Mills, Inc., James Ford Bell Technical Center, 9000 Plymouth Avenue, 55427, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    H. E. Miller

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Miller, H.E. A simplified method for the evaluation of antioxidants. J Am Oil Chem Soc 48, 91 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02635693

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