peroxidase

See also: Peroxidase

English

Etymology

From peroxide +‎ -ase.

Noun

peroxidase (plural peroxidases)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.
   • 2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of Expression of PPARα/LPL and LDLR”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).

Synonyms

• PX / Px (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• antiperoxidase
• bromoperoxidase
• chloroperoxidase
• endoperoxidase
• haloperoxidase
• hemoperoxidase
• immunoperoxidase
• lactoperoxidase
• microperoxidase
• myeloperoxidase
• permitless carryglutathione peroxidase
• peroxidatic
• pseudoperoxidase
• Px
• PX
• selenoperoxidase