A method for synthesizing a medicinal, nutraceutical, or food fullerene composition, including providing anisotropy in polar and non-polar C60 fullerene hemispheres to create one face of C60 fullerenehaving a small number of OH-groups clustered to the polar face; providing an amount of a polyhydroxylated fullerene from C60 fullerene; and blending the amount of the polyhydroxylated fullerene withan acceptable ionomer or an acceptable carrier or both. The polyhydroxylated fullerene includes fullerol-'x' and the amount includes 200 ppm or 500 ppm, wherein 'x' is less than 22. The acceptable ionomer includes honey, or a mixture of 3% by wt. sucrose, 1% by wt. proline, 0.2% by wt. magnesium citrate, and 1% by wt. beta-cyclodextrin. The acceptable carrier includes water or a gelatin. A stent,a medical bandage, medical packing material, medical drainage material, acupuncture support, topical ointment, or suture material is impregnated with an anisotropic polyhydroxylated fullerene for antimicrobial action.