Antioxidant Potency: Beyond Test-Tube ORAC
POMELLA® Extract has undergone extensive antioxidant testing, including ORAC at multiple independent labs found consistently greater than 5,000 µmol TE/gram. Additionally, POMELLA® is voluntarily participating in an ongoing ORAC single-lab validation program to determine if the current widely accepted method for ORAC is fit for its intended purpose, as it is widely considered a quantitative estimation method.
Yet ORAC,even if it passes analytical validation, measures only one type of antioxidant activity – that of oxygen radical absorbance. Since the body contains many types of free radicals aside from oxygen radicals, an appropriate antioxidant testing program also includes measuring with other types of methods such as TEAC, FRAP, and DPPH.
POMELLA® Extract, in a published clinical study, has shown it significantly increases human plasma ORAC by an average of 32% after consumption. This means that it is not only a powerful antioxidant in the test tube, but is also a powerful antioxidant where it matters—in the body. This is how POMELLA Extract is able to translate into tangible health benefits.
POMELLA® Extract has undergone extensive antioxidant testing, including ORAC at multiple independent labs found consistently greater than 5,000 µmol TE/gram. Additionally, POMELLA® is voluntarily participating in an ongoing ORAC single-lab validation program to determine if the current widely accepted method for ORAC is fit for its intended purpose, as it is widely considered a quantitative estimation method.
Yet ORAC,even if it passes analytical validation, measures only one type of antioxidant activity – that of oxygen radical absorbance. Since the body contains many types of free radicals aside from oxygen radicals, an appropriate antioxidant testing program also includes measuring with other types of methods such as TEAC, FRAP, and DPPH.
And then, these antioxidant assays do not mean an antioxidant is able to be absorbed by the body. This is one potential reason why there are so many ‘powerful’ antioxidants out there, but with so few positive clinical research outcomes reported.
POMELLA® Extract, in a published clinical study, has shown it significantly increases human plasma ORAC by an average of 32% after consumption. This means that it is not only a powerful antioxidant in the test tube, but is also a powerful antioxidant where it matters—in the body. This is how POMELLA Extract is able to translate into tangible health benefits.
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