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Oxidation vs Phenoloxidase - What's the difference?

oxidation | phenoloxidase |

As nouns the difference between oxidation and phenoloxidase

is that oxidation is oxidation, a reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons while phenoloxidase is (biochemistry) an enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation, and which is often involved in melanization processes.

oxidation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The combination of a substance with oxygen.
  • (chemistry) A reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons and the oxidation state of the element increases.

    • Antonyms

    * reduction

    Derived terms

    * oxidational

    Related terms

    * oxidate * oxidative * oxide

    phenoloxidase

    English

    Alternative forms

    *phenol oxidase

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) An enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation, and which is often involved in melanization processes
  • *{{quote-book, 1991, Gregory W. Narr & Nicholas Cohen, Phylogenesis of Immune Functions citation
    • , passage=In one widely accepted model, the oxidation of catechols (o-diphenols) to o-quinones by cuticular phenoloxidase takes place and then these quinones diffuse into the cuticle