oxidase

See also: Oxidase

English

Etymology

oxide +‎ -ase introduced by Gabriel Bertrand

Noun

oxidase (plural oxidases)

1. (biochemistry) Any of many enzymes which catalyze oxidation reactions, especially ones using molecular oxygen.
   • 1915, “Hemoglobin in Anemia”, in American Medicine, volume 21, page 22:

     The effects of hemoglobin in anemia and chlorosis, and even in tuberculosis, are due to its triple action; it acts opotherapeutically, through the blood oxydases, which it contains when properly prepared.

Derived terms

• aldehyde oxidase
• aminocyclopropanecarboxylate oxidase
• antioxidase
• catechol oxidase
• dihydrobenzophenanthridine oxidase
• monoamine oxidase
• monoxidase
• oxidasic
• phenol oxidase
• phenoloxidase
• polyamine oxidase
• protoporphyrinogen oxidase
• xanthine oxidase

 

Translations

oxidase enzyme

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 氧化酶 (joeng⁵ faa³ mui⁴)

  Mandarin: 氧化酶 (zh) (yǎnghuàméi)

• Finnish: oksidaasi
• French: oxydase (fr) f
• German: Oxidase (de) f
• Italian: ossidasi (it) f

Spanish

Verb

oxidase

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of oxidar