"Further oxidation" refers to the process when a substance undergoes additional reactions with oxygen.
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Consider this: Oolong tea has greater weight - loss properties than green tea because of
further oxidation of the tea leaves.
What's more: «When cooking oil gets heated to high temperatures, it oxidizes and releases free radicals that can
cause further oxidation, which can lead to DNA mutations and inflammation in the body.»
Overloading on vitamin C after tissue components are already oxidized could theoretically lead to
further oxidation.
nitrification the oxidation of ammonium salts to nitrites and
the further oxidation of nitrites to nitrates