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. 1991;11(1):69-70.
doi: 10.1016/0891-5849(91)90189-a.

Free radicals from plastic syringes

G R Buettner  1 , B D Scott, R E Kerber, A Mügge
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Free radicals from plastic syringes

G R Buettner et al. Free Radic Biol Med. 1991.

Abstract

We have found that disposable sterile plastic syringes can leach free radicals into the fluids they hold. The free radical we observe appears to be a nitroxide (aminoxyl radical) because in aqueous solution it produces a 1:1:1 three line spectrum with a hyperfine splitting constant of 16.9 G.

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