SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE


Meaning of SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -dis-ˈmyü-ˌtās, -ˌtāz ]

noun

Etymology: dismut ation (simultaneous oxidation and reduction) + -ase

Date: 1969

: a metal-containing antioxidant enzyme that reduces harmful free radicals of oxygen formed during normal metabolic cell processes to oxygen and hydrogen peroxide

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