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JOURNAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY-MATERIALS SCIENCE EDITION
Volume 28, Issue 5, Pages 1048-1052Publisher
JOURNAL WUHAN UNIV TECHNOLOGY
DOI: 10.1007/s11595-013-0817-z
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tellurium nanoparticles - sucrose sol; superoxide anion free radical; hydroxyl free radical; oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC)
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21075053]
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The elemental tellurium nanoparticles (TeNPs) - sucrose sol was prepared by the reaction of sodium tellurite with ascorbic acid in sucrose aqueous solution. The results indicated that TeNPs were dispersion excellent in the TeNPs - sucrose sol and the morphology of TeNPs was needle-like with about 70 nm in width and 500 nm in length. The antioxidant activity of the TeNPs - sucrose sol in vitro was estimated by pyrogallol autoxidation method, Fenton method and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assay. The results showed that a certain amount of TeNPs - sucrose sol could effectively scavenge superoxide anion free radical and hydroxyl free radical with scavenging rates of 73 % and 57 %, respectively. ORAC assay was used to measure the total antioxidant capacity of TeNPs - sucrose sol. The order of ORAC values was 2.25 mu mol center dot L-1 TeNPs - 0.025 % sucrose sol > 0.025 % sucrose > 2.25 mu mol center dot L-1 Na2TeO3 > 1.63 mu mol center dot L-1 ascorbic acid. The results suggested that the TeNPs - sucrose sol had the excellent antioxidant activity and TeNPs were the dominating contributors to antioxidant capacity of the TeNPs - sucrose sol.
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