THAT the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide by catalase requires the presence of molecular oxygen was demonstrated by a number of manometric experiments previously described 1. Being, ...

When you think of peroxide, you think of those brown bottles from the drugstore. Some people use it like cheap bleach to lighten hair color, but mostly it's poured on wounds as a disinfectant. Going ...

Antioxidant enzymes, such as glutathione peroxidase (GPx), catalase (CAT), and peroxiredoxin (Prx), are essential components in cells to eliminate excessive reactive oxygen species such as hydrogen ...

Taken from a microbe that thrives in the depths of a Yellowstone National Park hot springs pool, a newly discovered enzyme may be the key to transforming industrial bleaching from environmentally ...

Cancer researchers have homed in on how high-dose vitamin C kills cancer cells. Vitamin C breaks down to generate hydrogen peroxide, which can damage tissue and DNA. The new study shows that tumor ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the whole world, causing over 13.75 million confirmed infections and over 589,000 deaths until now. Many broad-spectrum antiviral drugs have been tried in an ...

Ever wondered what your liver was for? Worth looking after it! Enzymes! There are tens of thousands of chemical reactions going on inside our bodies all the time. I'm at a farmers' market in Edinburgh ...

Thousands of different chemical reactions must happen inside a cell every second in order for it to function. If these cellular reactions happen too slowly, the cell may die. If the cell is part of a ...

BENGALURU: Researchers at the IISc have developed a special enzyme system that turns inexpensive fatty acids into valuable biofuels called 1-alkenes, hydrocarbons. These 1-alkenes can be blended with ...