peroxidation

English

Etymology

From peroxide +‎ -ation.

Noun

peroxidation (countable and uncountable, plural peroxidations)

  1. (chemistry) Any oxidation reaction, especially of an oxide, that produces a peroxide.
  2. (organic chemistry) The reaction of a double bond with a peroxide.
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      Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).

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