Mannitol as an OH· Scavenger in Aqueous Solutions and in Biological Systems

Abstract
By using the technique of pulse radiolysis to generate OH radicals, it was determined through the competition with SCN-, I- and Fe(CN)64- that the rate constant of mannitol with OH radical at pH = 7 was (1.8 .+-. 0.4) .times. 109 M-1 s-1.