Free radical scavenging activity of water-soluble fullerenols

Long Y. Chiang, Fung‐Jou Lu, Jaw‐Town Lin

Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1995 · 203 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

Water-soluble polyhydroxylated fullerene derivatives (fullerenols) show excellent efficiency in eliminating superoxide radicals (O2–˙), generated by xanthine and xanthine oxidase, thus revealing the potential use of these compounds as novel potent free radical scavengers in biological systems.

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