antioxidase

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noun

Any enzyme that reduces the effects of an oxidase and counters oxidative stress

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Meanings

nounantioxidase (plural antioxidases)

plural antioxidases

  1. biochemistryAny enzyme that reduces the effects of an oxidase and counters oxidative stress

    Activities of antioxidase were also altered after cold stress treatment, precisely, SOD and APX activities were elevated under cold stress in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)

    2015 July 16, “Physiological and Molecular Mechanism of Nitric Oxide (NO) Involved in Bermudagrass Response to Cold Stress”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From anti- + oxidase.

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