Preferred Label : Free Radical Suppression;
NCIt definition : Free Radical Suppression involves interference with, or restraint of, 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.;
Origin ID : C41584;
UMLS CUI : C1517316;
Semantic type(s)
- is_physiologic_effect_of_chemical_or_drug
