In this reaction, carbon is oxidised because it gains oxygen. At the same time, copper oxide is reduced because oxygen is removed from it.

Transmitting an effect known as a domino reaction using redox chemistry has been achieved for the first time. Domino reactions occur when the transformation of one chemical group stimulates the ...

Bacteria have sensitive and specific sensors — involving redox-active cofactors such as haem, flavins, pyridine nucleotides and iron–sulphur clusters, or redox-sensitive amino-acid side chains such as ...

The so-called antioxidant enzymes that remove the intermediates of oxygen reduction, in particular, superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase and glutathione peroxidase act in damage control by preventing ...