Free Radical Formation

Preferred Label : Free Radical Formation;

NCIt definition : Free Radical Formation involves production in normal or pathological processes of chemically unstable, short half-life and highly reactive molecules carrying at least one unpaired or 'free' electron in the outermost electron shell. Appropriating electron(s) from a nearby molecule and damaging that molecule by altering the electron number in its outermost electron shell, Free Radicals produce tissue damage.;

Details

Origin ID

C40502;

UMLS CUI

C1517312;

Semantic type(s)
- Molecular Function [UMLS semantic type]
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- NADPH Oxidase 1 [NCIt concept]
- NADPH Oxidase 4 [NCIt concept]
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- Motexafin Gadolinium [NCIt concept]
- Motexafin Lutetium [NCIt concept]
- Tirapazamine [NCIt concept]
- Yttrium Y-90 Ibritumomab Tiuxetan [NCIt concept]
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- NOX1 Gene [NCIt concept]
- NOX1 wt Allele [NCIt concept]
- NOX4 Gene [NCIt concept]
- NOX4 wt Allele [NCIt concept]

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