oxidative
- adjective
- /ˌɑksɪˈdeɪtɪv/
- Specialized
- In fact, oxidative stress itself activates this pathway.
- oxidative stress
- oxidative damage
- oxidative phosphorylation
We oxidize the food, which creates oxidative stress.
- We oxidize the food, which creates oxidative stress.
- So there's this term called oxidative stress.
- In fact, oxidative stress itself activates this pathway.
- So their cataract formation mostly occurs due to oxidative stress within the eye.
- OK, so the most potent root cause of all disease is oxidative stress, right?
- And when you're driving up inflammation, you're increasing oxidative stress through the body.
- You mentioned, you know, free radicals and, and, and oxidative damage.
- And ADPH has a very special role in protecting any cell from oxidative stress.
- And So what they did was they took people who were doing a behavior that would cause a lot of inflammation and oxidative stress, namely smoking.
- These polyphenols reduce oxidative stress, reduce inflammation, and help clear senescent cells from the body.
Examples
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Obesity is another factor associated with inflammation, oxidative stress, and insulin resistance.
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Although the molecular mechanisms are poorly understood, oxidative stress results in impaired phagocytosis and diminished pathogen clearance.
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Smoking is also known to be related to oxidative stress.
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It comes from the oxidative damage from the effect of smoking.
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We have to fix both oxidative and UV created damage in our DNA.
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Vitamin E is an ideal antioxidant to increase tissue protection from oxidative stress.
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So if you're wondering what oxidative stress is, it's kind of like rust forming on your car.
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And you know, as we talked in past episodes, antioxidants are a great way to protect your cells from oxidative stress, which is like that rust.
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Carotenoids are believed to protect the lens of the eye from oxidative damage that causes cataracts.
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Vitamin E is an ideal antioxidant to increase tissue protection from oxidative stress.
Compounds
- Specialized
A process in mitochondria that makes ATP using oxygen and food
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Oxidative comes from the root oxid-, the same part in oxygen and oxide, which is about 'joining with oxygen'. Think of rust or an apple turning brown when air reaches it—those are oxidative changes, so oxidative describes processes that happen when oxygen joins and changes something.