A Protocol for Detecting and Scavenging Gas-phase Free Radicals in Mainstream Cigarette SmokeLong-Xi Yu 1, Boris G. Dzikovski 2, Jack H. Freed 2
1CDCF-AOX Lab, 2National Biomedical Center for Advanced ESR Technology (ACERT), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University
Spin-trapping ESR spectroscopy was used to study the effect of plant antioxidants lycopene, pycnogenol and grape seed extract on scavenging gas-phase free radicals in cigarette smoke.