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Mannitol as an OH· Scavenger in Aqueous Solutions and in Biological Systems

Sara Goldstein, Gidon Czapski

International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics Chemistry and Medicine · 1984 · 171 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

By using the technique of pulse radiolysis to generate OH. radicals, we have determined through the competition with SCN-, I- and Fe(CN)4-(6) the rate constant of mannitol with OH. radical at pH = 7 to be (1.8 +/- 0.4) X 10(9)M-1 s-1.

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