oxidoreductiveadj.
/ˌɒksᵻdəʊrᵻˈdʌktɪv/, U.S. /ˈˌɑksədoʊrəˈdəktɪv/, /ˈˌɑksədoʊˌriˈdəktɪv/ Chiefly Biochemistry.
Relating to or involving oxidoreduction.
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1928 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 103 501 It might indeed be a reduced derivative, colligate with oxidised products CO2 + H2O. If that were so the catalytic process would be an oxido-reductive process and the reduced component be carried back to carbohydrate.
1951 L. E. H. Whitby & M. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 5) xx. 314 Others obtain energy from amino-acids, probably by paired oxido-reductive deaminations.
1971 J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxvi. 376 Oxido-reductive reactions are linked with phosphorylation to produce ATP.
1999 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96 1910/2 The chemistry of selenium qualitatively resembles that of its more abundant homologue, sulfur, but jointly encompasses much greater oxidoreductive potential.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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