oxidative
Speech parts
1. oxidative - Adjective
2. oxidative - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
taking place in the presence of oxygen
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Activating oxygen can produce compounds called radicals that put oxidative stress on cells. Such stress could ultimately lead to cancer and other diseases.
oxidative glycolysis
oxidative rancidity
Because DNA replication mechanisms are affected by oxidative stress and because TERT expression is very low in most types of human cell, telomeres shrink a little bit every time a cell divides.
Conversely, a successful lung damage caused a significant lowering of endogenous sulfur dioxide production, and an increase in lipid peroxidation, free radical formation, oxidative stress and inflammation.
But the speed at which ATP is produced in this manner is about 100 times that of oxidative phosphorylation.