Total antioxidant capacity (TAC) assays—FRAP, ORAC, TEAC, and their relatives—remain widely used to characterize foods and biological samples, and TAC values frequently appear in nutrition research and on product marketing. I write to caution against over-interpreting them, because their connection to in vivo biology is weaker than their popularity suggests.
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