extract in Europe and the United States • Highly efficacious in oil and aqueous applications (carnosic acid is a super-stoichiometric radical scavenger) • Reports on its activity since early 1950s • Chain-breaking radical scavengers (carnosic acid, carnosol & rosmarinic acid) • Currently utilized in vegetable oils, fish oils, lard, butter, cereals, baked goods, potato chips, fried foods, beef, pork, chicken & beverages • Synergistic with tocopherols, ascorbic and citric acids OH HO HOOC O O OH O HO HO OH OH Carnosic acid Rosmarinic acid