Definition & Meaning | English word PROOXIDANT
PROOXIDANT
Definitions of PROOXIDANT
- (biochemistry) Any substance that induces oxidative stress
Number of letters
10
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using PROOXIDANT in a Sentence
- Chronic inhalation of coal dust has been linked to increased incidents of oxidative stress conditions that may result in lung damage; potentially toxic accumulation of metals in body tissues; diseases like pneumoconiosis (black lung disease), bronchitis, emphysema, fibrosis, and cancer; generation of proinflammatory factors; premature aging; prooxidant and antioxidant alterations that lead to cellular damage; cardiopulmonary disease; hypertension; skin lesions; and other lung and kidney diseases.
- aeruginosa has the ability to produce 4-hydroxy-2-alkylquinolines (HAQs), and it has been found that HAQs have prooxidant effects and overexpressing modestly increased susceptibility to antibiotics.
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