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THE antioxidant properties of oatmeal are well known1 and have been ascribed to phospholipids2. Oats are also rich in tocopherols3 which function as antioxidants. We now report the isolation of an active antioxidant from oats which belongs to neither of these classes.
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DANIELS, D., MARTIN, H. Isolation of a New Antioxidant from Oats. Nature 191, 1302 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1911302a0
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