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hydrogen peroxide
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hydrogen peroxide

Colourless syrupy liquid used, in diluted form, as an antiseptic. Oxygen is released when hydrogen peroxide is added to water and the froth helps to discharge dead tissue from wounds and ulcers. It is also used as a mouthwash and as a bleach and as a rocket propellant.



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When water is ionized and split into H+ and OH- ions (and sometimes into H3O+ and H2O2 ions), these ions are able to enter the body through the 4,000 large pores of the feet.
Recently, a new class of mammalian DNA glycosy- Reactive oxygen species (ROS), including O2·, H2O2, lases has been identified, belonging to the family of and OH·, are commonly generated as by-products dur- E.
Hydrogen peroxide, or H2O2, is a byproduct of metabolism, the process by which cells burn fuel for energy.
 
 
 
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