Reactive Oxygen

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
RO
Pronunciation
/riˈæktɪv ˈɑksɪʤən/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Reactive oxygen damages our cells and DNA.
  2. In the process, they consume oxygen and produce what are called Reactive Oxygen(RO) Species, or ROS.
  3. The vitamins, by efficiently destroying the reactive oxygen, short-circuit the body's natural response to exercise.
  4. SUB1A also restrained accumulation of reactive oxygen species ( ROS ) in aerial tissue during drought and desubmergence.
  5. Fig.1.Effect of infection time by alginic acid decomposing bacteria on the production of reactive oxygen species.

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