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A water-soluble fullerene derivative (C-60-dimalonic acid, C-62(COOH)(
4)) quenches superoxide radical (O-2(.-)), in the xanthine/xanthine ox
idase system, and oxidizes reduced cyt. c in the presence of hydrogen
peroxide.