peroxidase
peroxidase noun: any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.
Noun
peroxidase (plural peroxidases)
- Any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.
- 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).2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of Expression of PPARα/LPL and LDLR”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
- Synonyms:
- PX
peroxidase meaning in Tamil
peroxidase in Tamil
- பரவொட்சிடேசு
Synonyms of peroxidase
Forms of peroxidase
| plural | peroxidases |
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Origin of peroxidase
From peroxide + -ase.
Words formed from peroxidase
- antiperoxidase
- bromoperoxidase
- chloroperoxidase
- endoperoxidase
- haloperoxidase
- hemoperoxidase
- immunoperoxidase
- lactoperoxidase
- microperoxidase
- myeloperoxidase
- ovoperoxidase
- permitless carryglutathione peroxidase
- peroxidatic
- pseudoperoxidase
- Px
- selenoperoxidase
Phrases with peroxidase
Questions about peroxidase
- What does peroxidase mean?
- Peroxidase means any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.
- What is peroxidase in Tamil?
- Peroxidase in Tamil is பரவொட்சிடேசு. See Peroxidase meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is peroxidase?
- Peroxidase is a noun.
- What is the plural of peroxidase?
- The plural of peroxidase is peroxidases.
Words near peroxidase in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: peroxidase (page history and authors); peroxidase (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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