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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

reactive oxygen species

Definition: Reactive oxygen species are molecules containing oxygen with unpaired and unstable electron configurations which are highly reactive with other molecules.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Used For: oxygen radicals; reactive oxygen metabolites; reactive oxygen molecules
Spanish: especies de oxígeno reactivo

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