redox
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1. redox - Noun
2. redox - Adjective
3. redox - Verb
Meaning
a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction
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Ammonium is thought to be the preferred source of fixed nitrogen for phytoplankton because its assimilation does not involve a redox reaction and therefore requires little energy.
And while such efforts have proved fruitful in a variety of ways, they have also run into serious limitations—the need for retuning of redox potentials, for example, and the high expense involved when using transition-metal photocatalysts.
A fundamental redox reaction is "self-exchange", which involves the degenerate reaction between an oxidant and a reductant.
By studying purple sulfur bacteria and green bacteria he was the first to demonstrate that photosynthesis is a light-dependent redox reaction, in which hydrogen reduces carbon dioxide.
Carbon fixation is an endothermic redox reaction, so photosynthesis needs to supply both a source of energy to drive this process, and the electrons needed to convert carbon dioxide into a carbohydrate via a reduction reaction.
Due to its high concentration and its central role in maintaining the cell's redox state, glutathione is one of the most important cellular antioxidants.