OXIDIZED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oxidized mean? 

• OXIDIZED (adjective)
  The adjective OXIDIZED has 1 sense:

1. combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen

  Familiarity information: OXIDIZED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OXIDIZED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen

Classified under:

Participial adjectives

Synonyms:

oxidised; oxidized

Context example:

the oxidized form of iodine

Participle:

oxidize (add oxygen to or combine with oxygen)

 Context examples 

A stabilized formulation of disodium glutathione disulfide (GSSG; oxidized glutathione) and cisplatin (1000:1) with potential chemoprotective and immunomodulating activities.

(Glutathione Disulfide NOV-002, NCI Thesaurus)

The oxidized substrate is regarded as a hydrogen donor.

(Oxidoreductase Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The oxidized disulfide form of glutathione (GSH) with potential protective activity.

(Oxiglutatione, NCI Thesaurus)

The enzymatically synthesized isoform, 1,3-isoform diacylglycerol, is suggested to decrease formation of chylomicrons as well as shunting them directly to the liver through the portal vein where they are oxidized.

(Diacylglycerol, NCI Thesaurus)

The oxidized form of ascorbic acid; it can be readily reduced to ascorbic acid in vivo.

(Dehydroascorbic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

This allele, which encodes C-X-C motif chemokine 16 protein, may play a role in lymphocyte chemotaxis and scavenger receptor for oxidized low density lipoprotein.

(CXCL16 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A two-stage process in which molecules are oxidized to produce energy.

(Cell respiration, NCI Thesaurus)

L-methionine, an essential amino acid, also may help to maintain the ratio of reduced glutathione to oxidized glutathione in cells undergoing oxidative stress and may provide a source of L-cysteine for glutathione synthesis.

(D-methionine Formulation MRX-1024, NCI Thesaurus)

When alpha-subunits are in excess they form precipitates with oxidized heme that damage red blood cells.

(Hemoglobin Chaperone Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This gene plays a role in the hydrolysis of oxidized nucleotides.

(NUDT1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)