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Yingying Qi1, Wenxia Jing1, Bingjie Li1
1College of Geology and Environment, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710054, China.
Abstract:
The monitoring of antioxidant capacity is very important to evaluate the quality of antioxidant foods or drugs for market regulation. Herein, dechlorination treatment of waste PVC/scrap irons were conducted in subcritical water to obtain carbon-based Fe composites (CM-Fe-dPVC) with peroxidase-like activity. The electron bonding of C 2p and Fe 3d orbital led to strong electron migration ability. CM-Fe-dPVC exhibited excellent activity of simulated peroxidase. Vitamin C (VC) and CM-Fe-dPVC had competitive behaviors on •OH generation in TMB oxidation reaction. A portable paper based colorimetric test kit was developed for monitoring total antioxidant capacity of beverages and pharmaceuticals on the market (with the detection limit of 0.1 μM for Vc). The results of life cycle assessment (LCA) revealed that the proposed strategy had low global warming potential. This research could provide important reference for high value recycling of organic solid wastes.
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