BackImAnOx (TAS/TAC) (Antioxidative Capacity), colorimetric

The human body is constantly under attack from free radicals that occur as part of
normal cell metabolism, and by exposure to environmental factors such as UV light,
cigarette smoke, environmental pollutants and gamma radiation. The resulting „Reactive
Oxygen Species“ (ROS) circulates freely in the body with access to all organs
and tissues, which can have serious repercussions throughout the body. The body
possesses a number of mechanisms both to control the production of ROS and to
cope with free radicals in order to limit or repair the damage to tissues
Overproductions of ROS or insufficient defense mechanisms lead to a dangerous disbalance
in the organism. Thereby several pathomechanisms implicated in over 100
human diseases, e.g. cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes mellitus, inflammatory
disease, aging, etc., were induced.
Determination of the antioxidative capacity becomes of fundamental importance
in medical diagnosis and in research. The ImAnOx®-Assay is fast, reliable and easy to
perform. The total antioxidative capacity is measured.