Abstract
This chapter describes methods for the production, isolation, and analysis of the major epoxide products that result from peroxyl radical trapping reactions of β -carotene. Carotenoids display antioxidant properties in several chemical and biochemical model systems. Expression of these antioxidant effects in living organisms is thought to contribute to the photoprotective and anticarcinogenic properties of carotenoids. However, as a variety of radical and nonradical oxidants may cause biological oxidative damage, carotenoids can inhibit oxidations by a variety of mechanisms. Carotenoids efficiently quench singlet oxygen, yet also react rapidly with hydroxyl radicals and peroxyl radicals. β -Carotene, the most widely studied carotenoid, also serves as a prototype for examining the interactions of carotenoids with free radical oxidants..
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