Free Radical Scavenging

Preferred Label : Free Radical Scavenging;

NCIt definition : Free Radical Scavenging involves interference with, or restraint of, production, by ready combination with, 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

C40503;

UMLS CUI

C3537124;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- free radical scavengers [MeSH concept]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- free radical scavengers [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Molecular Function [UMLS semantic type]
is_physiologic_effect_of_chemical_or_drug
- Resveratrol [NCIt concept]

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