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Inorganic Chemicals > Free Radicals > Reactive Oxygen Species > Peroxides > Superoxides
Organic Chemicals > Free Radicals > Reactive Oxygen Species > Peroxides > Superoxides
Inorganic Chemicals > Oxygen Compounds > Reactive Oxygen Species > Peroxides > Superoxides
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Electrolytes > Ions > Anions > Oxides > Peroxides > Superoxides
Inorganic Chemicals > Oxygen Compounds > Oxides > Peroxides > Superoxides

Preferred term

Superoxides  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Superoxide
  • Superoxide Anion
  • Superoxide Radical

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 1994; was SUPEROXIDE 1975-1993 (see under OXYGEN 1975-1983)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013481

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