ABSTRACT
Vitamin E reacts with lipid peroxyl radical (LOO•) and reduces it to hydroperoxide (LOOH). Vitamin E itself is oxidized and produces vitamin E radical (Reaction 1).
(3.1)
On the other hand, hydrophilic vitamin C [ascorbate monoanion, (AsH
)] is, by itself, a poor antioxidant, but it enhances the antioxidant activity of tocopherols by regenerating the tocopheroxyl to tocopherol (Reaction 2).
