oxidative stress

collocation in English

meaningsofoxidativeandstress

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oxidative
adjective
uk
/ɒkˈsɪd.ə.tɪv/
us
/ˈɑːk.sɪˌdeɪ.t̬ɪv/
An oxidative chemical reaction adds oxygen to the tissues of ...
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stress
noun
uk
/stres/
us
/stres/
great worry caused by a difficult situation, or something that causes ...
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There are conditions other than infection and in-ammation that stimulateoxidativestressduring pregnancy.
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It seems that these enzymes played integral roles in the protection of plants fromoxidativestress.
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These agents have been directed towards glutamate homeostasis, apoptosis,oxidativestressand neuroprotection.
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Cells then have to deal with anoxidativestress, the intensity of which depends on the conditions of storage.
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Lipid peroxidation, assessed by the amount of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances, also increased in advance of viability loss, suggesting that propagules were experiencingoxidativestress.
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Overexpression of superoxide dismutase protects plants fromoxidativestress.
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Protection of porcine oocytes against cell damage caused byoxidativestressduring in vitro maturation: role of superoxide dismutase activity in porcine follicular fluid.
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These have interesting parallels in chronic inflammatory diseases, changes which may result fromoxidativestress.
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These results indicate that at least in the acute situation hypoxia alone does not generate the markers ofoxidativestressthat typify the preeclamptic placenta.
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Ferrous ions detected in iron-overloaded cord blood plasma from preterm and term babies: implications foroxidativestress.
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Indirect evidence of increased free radical activity (oxidativestress) may be obtained by measurement of antioxidant concentrations in all tissue and body fluids.
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And finally a reperfusion injury characterized by free radical formation andoxidativestress.
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Therefore,oxidativestressseems to be a critical factor that has an impact on in vitro embryo development.
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Time-course of responses of human skeletal muscle tooxidativestressinduced by non-damaging exercise.
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Smoking is toxic to the vascular endothelium through the production of free radicals and thus increasedoxidativestress.
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This further increasesoxidativestressand exacerbates cellular damage.
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Oxidants,oxidativestressand the biology of ageing.
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Resistance tooxidativestressmight be related to a higher level of functional antioxidant mechanisms in some embryos.
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