Sentences with phrase «into contact with oxygen»

The bacteria on the edges of the film can be easily exposed to oxygen, but those further inside the film might not come into contact with the oxygen.

To keep your avocados (and guacamole) fresh and tasty, you need to prevent it from coming into contact with oxygen.

This is because flax seeds contain oils that are extremely perishable and these oils oxidize upon coming into contact with oxygen.

Not exact matches

The key thing is to prevent oxygen coming into contact with enzymes in the product, as that causes discolouration.

When the enzyme catalase comes into contact with its substrate, hydrogen peroxide, it starts breaking it down into water and oxygen.

Tapping into these benefits won't be easy — resveratrol is a fragile molecule that changes when it comes in contact with oxygen — but it may be possible to synthesize a stable version of the compound to fight aging.

And, we know, free radicals are unattached oxygen molecules that attack cells in a similar way that metal rusts when it comes into contact with water and oxygen.