What does "peroxidase" mean?

Any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.

Peroxidase

Q: What is a synonym for "peroxidase"?

Common synonyms include: detection enzyme, heme peroxidase, hydrogen peroxide enzyme, labeling enzyme, oxidoreductase enzyme, peroxidase enzyme.

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Noun

1
Any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.
"Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT)."
2
any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide wordnet

Synonyms

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detection enzyme heme peroxidase hydrogen peroxide enzyme labeling enzyme oxidoreductase enzyme peroxidase enzyme

Antonyms

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catalase nonperoxidase label

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"Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT)."

Etymology

From peroxide + -ase.

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