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oxidase

[′äk·sə‚dās]
(biochemistry)
An enzyme that catalyzes oxidation reactions by the utilization of molecular oxygen as an electron acceptor.
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To further investigate the role of pioglitazone in H2O2-induced oxidative damage, the NADPH oxidase expression level in mouse embryos treated with H2O2 or H2O2 and pioglitazone was measured.
Spraying niacin on kiwifruit plants may increase NADPH content, thus increasing NADPH oxidase activity.
Molecular modeling of flavonoids that inhibits xanthine oxidase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002;294:167-72.
Catalase positive, Indole positive, Oxidase positive
These results are similar to previously reported values of optimum pH for the use of glucose oxidase with other artificial electron acceptors [5, 29, 41-43].
The main contributors of ROS at cellular levels are mitochondria and NADPH oxidase (Meimaridou et al., 2006; Khan et al., 2010).
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Xanthine oxidase activity (XO) was determined by the method of Ackermann and Brill [13].
The US FDA-approved ZURAMPIC (lesinurad) works selectively to complement xanthine oxidase inhibitors (XOIs) in the treatment of hyperuricemia associated with uncontrolled gout.
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