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Preferred term

Superoxides  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Highly reactive compounds produced when oxygen is reduced by a single electron. In biological systems, they may be generated during the normal catalytic function of a number of enzymes and during the oxidation of hemoglobin to METHEMOGLOBIN. In living organisms, SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE protects the cell from the deleterious effects of superoxides.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 11062-77-4
  • Superoxide
  • Superoxide Anion
  • Superoxide Radical

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • French

  • 11062-77-4
  • Anion hyperoxyde
  • Radical superoxyde
  • Radicaux superoxydes
  • Superoxide
  • Superoxyde

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MG3V2JJ8-Q

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