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azidyl
picrylhydrazyl
isofuran
piperidinyloxy
macroradical
diradical
antiradical
unpaired
highly
triradical
reactive
rns
semiquinone
atom
proxyl
organoprotection
isoprostane
metalloradical
aurintricarboxylic acid
organoprotective
prooxidative
ascorbic acid
unpaired electron
neurofuran
reactive intermediate
species
ion
pseudoradical
transient
molecule
galvinoxyl
pyrrolidinyloxy
tetraradical
benthocyanin
ros
electron spin resonance
carbamoylproxyl
antioxidant
radical
electron
Definitions:
Noun
free radical
radical
Definition: an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule; "in the body free radicals are high-energy particles that ricochet wildly and damage cells"
Definition: A molecule, ion or atom that has one or more unpaired electrons, and which is generally highly reactive (and therefore often occurs only as a transient species).