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Article: The Laboratory Notebook: answering important questions about quality. (Quality Focus).
- Article from:
- Nutraceuticals World
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
- Author:
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The Laboratory Notebook begins a little differently this month with an editorial on the (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) ORAC method of analysis discussed in the September issue of this publication. This will be followed by questions on screening supplements for pharmaceutical compounds and the analytical method of mass spectroscopy.
ORAC
The September article on ORAC claimed, in essence, that this method represents the definitive measure of antioxidant activity, and even suggested that one day there may be an RDI for antioxidants in ORAC units. We have heard this story before. In our opinion, ORAC has become more a marketing angle than a scientific ...