Document Type

Patent

Publication Date

7-24-2012

Patent Number

patent number 8226850

Abstract

An oxygen scavenging system comprising a free radical scavenger (e.g., .alpha.-tocopherol, trimethylhydroquinone, ubiquinol, carotenoids, flavonoids, etc. and mixtures thereof) and a transition metal (e.g., iron (II), copper, manganese, cobalt, etc. and mixtures thereof) in a medium is generally provided. The medium containing the antioxidant and the transition metal has been thermally processed by heating to at least about 150.degree. F. for at least about 10 minutes. Methods of removing oxygen from an environment surrounded by a medium containing the oxygen scavenging system and methods of making the oxygen scavenging system in a medium are also provided.

Application Number

12/564341

Assignees

Clemson University Research Foundation (Clemson, SC, US)

Filing Date

2009-09-22

Primary/U.S. Class

252/188.28

Other/U.S. Class

252/181.3, 252/181.6, 252/400.53, 252/404

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