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Reducing agents

reducing agents

materials that add an electron to an element or compound, that is, decrease the positiveness of its valence.


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cellular respiration???

... (10 NAD and 4 FAD) are oxidized in the ETS. Both of these high energy reducing agents dump their electrons into the ETS and the two protons (carried by each of them) are ...

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by freshbiology
Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:39 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: cellular respiration???
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antioxidant

... harmful to the body. The antioxidants themselves become oxidized while reducing other species. Too much antioxidants can be thought of as dumping a ton of reducing agents in your body, which would obviously be toxic. I wonder how much antioxidants were ...

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by MikeS
Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:21 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: antioxidant
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The Fiber Disease

... C. piliforme is gram-negative, the organism falls into a category of agents that are "extremely oxygen-sensitive (eos)" and can be shown ... treatment simply drives the organism "underground," reducing obvious clinical disease. Decontamination is difficult because of ...

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by Skytroll
Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:57 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

... from large-scale systems, such as ant and wasp colonies . Mobile agents, called Cyber-Entities (CEs), form the architecture and provide services ... characterized by the coupling between the core and cladding modes. By reducing the cladding diameter of the fiber to 21um through chemical etching ...

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by Nadas Moksha
Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:03 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

... be based on sensitivities. Ceftazidime has been most responsible for reducing mortality. Treatment must continue at least 30 days, but 60-150 ... INTRODUCTION Biological warfare agents have gained attention in recent years. They have been discussed in ...

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by Skytroll
Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:01 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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