SUPEROXIDE ANION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superoxide anion mean? 

• SUPEROXIDE ANION (noun)
  The noun SUPEROXIDE ANION has 1 sense:

1. the univalent anion O2-

  Familiarity information: SUPEROXIDE ANION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPEROXIDE ANION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The univalent anion O2-

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

superoxide; superoxide anion

Context example:

much of the O2 supporting cellular respiration is reduced to the superoxide anion O2-

Hypernyms ("superoxide anion" is a kind of...):

anion (a negatively charged ion)

 Context examples 

Nifurtimox is reduced by cytosol enzymes or flavin-containing microsomal enzymes to a highly reactive nitro anion free radical; autooxidation of the nitro anion free radical generates cytotoxic superoxide anion (02-).

(Nifurtimox, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, imisopasem manganese mimics the activity of MnSOD and scavenges reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as superoxide anion, which prevents oxygen free radical damage to macromolecules such as DNA.

(Imisopasem Manganese, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, PLED-based MnSOD mimetic mimics MnSOD and scavenges oxygen free radicals such as superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide, and hydroxyl radical, thereby preventing oxygen free radical damage to macromolecules such as DNA and minimizing oxygen free radical-related chemotoxicity in normal tissues.

(PLED-based MnSOD Mimetic, NCI Thesaurus)