reactive species

collocation in English

meaningsofreactiveandspecies

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reactive
adjective
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/riˈæk.tɪv/us
/riˈæk.tɪv/
reacting to events or situations rather than acting first to change or ...
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species
noun[C]
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/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/us
/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/
a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with ...
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As discussed earlier,reactivespecieshave beneficial effects, but disturbances in thereactivespecies' second messenger and regulatory activities may exacerbate the inflammatory process.
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In the processes of forming complex organic molecules,reactivespeciespossessing unsaturated multiple bonds play an important role.
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Again, the hydroxyl radical seems to be the mostreactivespeciesregarding protein sensitivity to oxidative stress, since it can damage a great range of amino acids.
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It breaks those molecules randomly and createsreactivespecies—free radicals.
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Thisreactivespeciescan effectively bleach teeth along with saline or whitening gels that consist of hydrogen peroxide.
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Using a plasma source, a monatomicreactivespeciesis generated.
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In general, antioxidant systems either prevent thesereactivespeciesfrom being formed, or remove them before they can damage vital components of the cell.
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Some substances can protect against radiation-induced damage by reacting with thereactivespeciesgenerated by the irradiation of the water.
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This allows unambiguous identification of thereactivespeciesand processes of interest.
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Other null cycles, also termed "holding cycles", produce reservoirs, effectively holding up thereactivespecies.
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Indirect phototransformation is thus the result of parallel reactions with all availablereactivespecies.
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They modulate the production of oxygen and nitrogenreactivespecieswhich are very important for phagocytic cells.
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Free-radicals are thereactivespeciesthat participate in the reaction, which usually leads to a mixture of products.
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Simple silylenes are veryreactivespeciesand easily dimerize to give disilenes, so their lifetime is very short.
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Suchreactivespeciesmay also act indirectly in redox signaling to turn on apoptosis.
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Selective probe compounds must be used to detect individualreactivespecieswhen a mixture ofreactivespeciesis present.
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Thereactivespeciescombines with the photoresist to form ash which is removed with a vacuum pump.
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This highlyreactivespeciesis noteworthy from theoretical and scholarly perspectives.
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The transformation rate depends on the concentrations of all relevantreactivespecies, together with their corresponding second-order rate constants for a given pesticide.
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