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111chemical agent — noun an agent that produces chemical reactions • Hypernyms: ↑agent • Hyponyms: ↑active agent, ↑active, ↑reagent, ↑desiccant, ↑drying agent, ↑drier, ↑ …
112deoxidise — verb to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons • Syn: ↑deoxidize, ↑reduce • Ant: ↑oxidize (for: ↑deoxidize), ↑oxidise …
113deoxidize — verb to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons • Syn: ↑deoxidise, ↑reduce • Ant: ↑oxidize, ↑oxidise (for: ↑deoxidise) …
114NAD — noun a coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid; serves as a reductant in various metabolic processes • Syn: ↑nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide • Hypernyms: ↑coenzyme …
115NADP — noun a coenzyme similar to NAD and present in most living cells but serves as a reductant in different metabolic processes • Syn: ↑nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate • Hypernyms: ↑coenzyme * * * ˌeˌnā(ˌ)dēˈpē noun ( s) Etymology …
116nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide — noun a coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid; serves as a reductant in various metabolic processes • Syn: ↑NAD • Hypernyms: ↑coenzyme …
117nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate — noun a coenzyme similar to NAD and present in most living cells but serves as a reductant in different metabolic processes • Syn: ↑NADP • Hypernyms: ↑coenzyme * * * noun : triphosphopyridine nucleotide * * * Biochem. See NADP [1960 65] …
118re|duc|tant — «rih DUHK tuhnt», noun. = reducing agent: (Cf. ↑reducing agent) »Chlorophyll is thus a very peculiar substance: it can act both as an oxidant and as a reductant (Scientific American) …
