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oxidoreduction Biochem.|ˌɒksɪdəʊrɪˈdʌkʃən| [f. oxidation + -o + reduction.] A process in which one substance is oxidized and electrons from it reduce another substance.
1934Jrnl. Faculty Sci. Hokkaido Univ. II. (Ser. 3) 18 In animal and in plant cells, oxidoreduction occurs in parallel with the formation of peroxide. 1958[see oxidoreductase]. 1971Ital. Jrnl. Biochem. XX. 129 Crystalline lactate dehydrogenase..catalyzes the dismutation of glyoxylate to glycolate and oxalate producing the oxido-reduction system of NAD coenzymes illustrated in Figure 1. So ˌoxidoreˈductive a., involving oxidoreduction.
1951Whitby & Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 5) xx. 314 Others obtain energy from amino-acids, probably by paired oxido-reductive deaminations. 1971J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxvi. 376 Oxido-reductive reactions are linked with phosphorylation to produce ATP. |