Nowadays the only plant used to resource SOD is melon. Researches performed at the Industrial Chemistry Laboratory of Bologna University permitted to evaluate the quantity of SOD in several plants. Based on the outcomes of these researches, it is clarified that carrots have a SOD content far higher than other plants and 10x compared to 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).