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Oxidation-Reduction

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Definition: A chemical reaction in which an electron is transferred from one molecule to another. The electron-donating molecule is the reducing agent or reductant; the electron-accepting molecule is the oxidizing agent or oxidant. Reducing and oxidizing agents function as conjugate reductant-oxidant pairs or redox pairs (Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p471).  IM for general only; NIM with no qualif with specific drug IM   
See Also Antioxidants; Oxidants; Reducing Agents 		Other names Oxidation Reduction; Redox
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
oxidized very low density lipoprotein  0   *Lipoproteins, VLDL Oxidation-Reduction. Chung Hua Ping Li Hsueh Tsa Chih 1996 Aug;25(4):220-3
oxidized low density lipoprotein  0   *Lipoproteins, LDL Oxidation-Reduction. J Lipid Res 1996 Jan;37(1):45-53
PRDX2 protein, human  EC 1.11.1.15   *Peroxiredoxins Cytotoxicity, Immunologic Oxidation-Reduction. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1994 Feb 28;199(1):83-8
dimethyldioxirane  74087-85-7   *Epoxy Compounds Oxidation-Reduction. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1990;169(1):87

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