10.01.03
Brunswick Laboratories, LLC, Wareham, MA, has applied for a patent on its lipophilic ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) assay. This assay compliments Brunswick’s hydrophilic ORAC assay. By developing a proprietary lipophilic ORAC assay, Brunswick strengthens its ability to measure the antioxidant capacity of substances against the peroxyl radical. Both oil-soluble and water-soluble substances provide free-radical scavenging activity, but until the development of the lipophilic assay, only water-soluble substances could be commercially quantified.