That cooling leads to cloud formation inside the vortex and the ensuing chemical reactions that produce highly
reactive molecules with unpaired electrons.
Antioxidants help neutralize free radicals, which are highly
reactive molecules with unpaired electrons that can damage DNA, cells, and tissues in the body.
Not exact matches
In the end, Liu replaced the original system's problem catalysts — which made a microbe - killing, highly
reactive type of oxygen
molecule —
with cobalt - phosphorus, which didn't bother the bacteria.
The damage sensors lit up first,
with the hydrogen peroxide marker following moments later, suggesting that the
reactive oxygen
molecules are indeed a sign, and not a cause, of injury.
Clar tried to synthesize this
molecule — called triangulene — in solution, but failed because it was so
reactive it immediately bound up
with other triangulene fragments.
What industrial chemists did know was that by tinkering
with a highly
reactive molecule called a phenol they were able to devise countless synthetic chemicals for use in new materials.
«You end up
with individual
molecules that are unstable and
reactive, and they easily re-polymerize.
The researchers found that the ultracold
molecules were relatively long - lived and stable, resisting
reactive collisions
with other
molecules.
In their earlier work, the Colorado group observed a significant drawback of their ultracold potassium rubidium
molecules: They were chemically
reactive, and essentially came apart when they collided
with other
molecules.
DENVER —
With the flip of a cellular switch,
reactive molecules in air pollution can turn immune responses in the lungs topsy - turvy.
They found that soluble iron in the earliest oceans quickly combined
with oxygen to form rust — forming
reactive oxygen
molecules, which damage biological tissue and make the cyananobacteria grow more slowly and produce less oxygen.
In addition, treatment
with Korean red ginseng extract suppressed the expression of RSV - induced inflammatory genes and the formation of chemically
reactive molecules containing oxygen, which play a role in virus - induced epithelial damage in RSV.
So far, the closest conventional synthesis has come to making
molecules of this sort involves buffering the
reactive edges
with bulky hydrocarbon appendages2.
To produce triangulene, the team began
with a precursor
molecule called dihydrotriangulene, which lacks the
reactive unpaired electrons.
By fencing off the
reactive centre of B12
with lots of groups, the
molecule keeps its high reactivity and specificity.
In a third study published online by Science on 6 April (www.sciencexpress.org), molecular geneticist Valter Longo of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and colleagues battered a population of yeast mutants
with heat or paraquat, a chemical that creates
reactive oxygen
molecules.
Ultraviolet radiation spices things up as well: It heats the grains and breaks up some of the
molecules into
reactive fragments, which in turn bond
with other fragments to form new kinds of
molecules.
More research produced the answer: Vitamin C induced what is known as a Fenton reaction, causing iron to react
with other
molecules to create
reactive oxygen species that kill the TB bacteria.
In this case, they form naturally as ozone — a high - energy oxygen
molecule — reacts
with carbon chains that have double bonds, forming a compound that has two
reactive pairs of electrons.
For example, in the case of the protein SIN3A, a regulator of gene transcription, the small
molecule that covalently binds to its
reactive lysine blocks the protein's function by disrupting SIN3A's interaction
with another protein, TGIF1 — an interaction implicated in some invasive breast cancers.
In another experiment, a more direct test of druggability, the researchers used a library of small
molecules — broadly representing potential drug
molecules — to see which could compete
with the probe in binding covalently to
reactive lysines on human proteins.
Smaller subsets of T cells are
reactive toward various nonpeptidic ligands associated
with nonpolymorphic MHC class - Ib (MHC - Ib)
molecules.
Typically,
molecules like these are highly
reactive with other chemicals, meaning they quickly break down in planetary atmospheres.
In
reactive landing techniques, the ionized
molecules hit the surface
with more force than soft landing and react
with the surface forming chemical bonds.
The prevailing theory is that this reduces damage to mitochondria occurring as a result of the
reactive oxygen species generated within these organelles,
with localized antioxidants soaking up
reactive molecules before they can cause harm.
In the experiment, researchers coated the metallic particles
with a layer of
reactive molecules and focused the ALS - produced infrared light onto the tiny tip (25 nanometers in its diameter) of the atomic force microscope.
High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS): Loaded
with «unbound» fructose and glucose
molecules, studies have shown that the
reactive carbonyl
molecules can cause tissue damage that may lead to obesity, diabetes, and also heart disease.
Free radicals like
reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS, RNS) are
molecules missing an electron, making them highly unstable and capable of destructive interactions
with lipids, DNA, and proteins.
Previous research has also shown that short - term fasting can produce
molecules called free radicals, which are highly
reactive chemicals that can cause damage to the body at a cellular and may be associated
with impaired organ function, cancer risk and accelerated aging.
Free radicals are
molecules with incomplete electron shells which make them more chemically
reactive than those
with complete electron shells.
Energy metabolism and the production of
Reactive Oxygen Species (very small
molecules that can result in significant damage to cell structures, of which include oxygen ions, free radicals and peroxides) are thought to underpin many nuerodegenerative disorders, and creatine is thought to enhance the brains ability to survive the metabolic and physical trauma associated
with these conditions.
Free radicals are highly
reactive molecules and when they come into contact
with healthy cell membranes, they cause damage to the membrane and may ultimately cause the cell to die.
Fructose is a
reactive molecule that binds
with proteins in the body to form Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs).
These oxygen atoms are very
reactive and tend to combine
with any atoms or
molecules with which they collide.