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peroxidases

peroxidases is the plural of peroxidase.

Meaning of peroxidase

Noun

peroxidase (plural peroxidases)

  1. 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

Questions about peroxidases

What is peroxidases the plural of?
Peroxidases is the plural of peroxidase.

Words near peroxidases in the dictionary

  1. peroxidable
  2. peroxidal
  3. peroxidant
  4. peroxidants
  5. peroxidase
  6. peroxidases
  7. peroxidasin
  8. peroxidasins
  9. peroxidated
  10. peroxidatic
  11. peroxidation

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