Nowadays the only plant utilized to resource SOD is melon. Experiments done at the Industrial Chemistry Lab of Bologna College permitted to quantify the quantity of SOD in a number of plants. Based on the results of these analyzes, it is revealed that carrots have a SOD content far more than various other plants and also 10x compared with SOD in melon.
Le Superox-D, en particulier, l'est :
- Activité SOD > 11.000 U/gramme ;
- kcat ~ 1.000.000.000 (nombre de radicaux superoxydes inactivés par seconde).