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Descriptor English: Oxidation-Reduction
Descriptor Spanish: Oxidación-Reducción
Descriptor oxidación-reducción
Entry term(s) redox
Scope note: Reacción química en la que un electrón es transferido desde una molécula a otra. La molécula donante del electrón es el agente reductor o simplemente reductor, en tanto que la molécula receptora del electrón es el agente oxidante o simplemente oxidante. Los AGENTES REDUCTORES u OXIDANTES funcionan como un conjugado reductor-oxidante o par redox. (Traducción libre de: Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p471)
Descriptor Portuguese: Oxirredução
Descriptor French: Oxydoréduction
Entry term(s): Oxidation Reduction
Redox
Tree number(s): G02.700
G03.295.531
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010084
Scope note: A chemical reaction in which an electron is transferred from one molecule to another. The electron-donating molecule is the reducing agent or reductant; the electron-accepting molecule is the oxidizing agent or oxidant. Reducing and oxidizing agents function as conjugate reductant-oxidant pairs or redox pairs (Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p471).
Annotation: IM for general only; NIM with no qualif with specific drug IM
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
RE radiation effects
Related: Antioxidants MeSH
Oxidants MeSH
Reducing Agents MeSH
DeCS ID: 10262
Unique ID: D010084
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/01
Oxidation-Reduction - Preferred
Concept UI M0015645
Scope note A chemical reaction in which an electron is transferred from one molecule to another. The electron-donating molecule is the reducing agent or reductant; the electron-accepting molecule is the oxidizing agent or oxidant. Reducing and oxidizing agents function as conjugate reductant-oxidant pairs or redox pairs (Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p471).
Preferred term Oxidation-Reduction
Entry term(s) Oxidation Reduction
Redox



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