The phrase "are capable of damaging" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the potential of something to cause harm or damage.
Example: "Certain chemicals are capable of damaging the environment if not handled properly."
Alternatives: "have the potential to harm" or "can cause damage."
Such ROS are capable of damaging the host tissue by lipid peroxidation.
Although small in size, they have masses (up to 120 tons for growlers; up to 5,400 tons for bergy bits) that are capable of damaging or sinking ships.
Toxigenic strains of this species are capable of damaging the host due to the presence of so-called virulence factors, which refers "to the elements (i.e., gene products) that enable a microorganism to colonize a host niche where the organism proliferates and causes tissue damage or systemic inflammation"3.
Given this connection, Leung sought to identify environmental chemicals that are capable of damaging mitochondrial DNA.
Impact energy is the more relevant hazard proxy for studies regarding the vulnerability of built infrastructure, because only projectiles of a sufficient energy are capable of damaging buildings and penetrating roofs.
The text of the decree, distributed by the Kremlin, said: "The decree establishes the obligation of a federal executive body to refuse permission to [participate in foreign investigations] if they are capable of damaging the economic interests of the Russian Federation".
The combined AC/alumina has the benefit of being capable of damaging the adsorbed gases or liquids and excellent catalytic behavior, which provides it the opportunity to be effective in applications such as destructive filtration and protecting system [144, 145] (Fig. 4).
The authors suggested that Allosaurus used its skull like a hatchet against prey, attacking open-mouthed, slashing flesh with its teeth, and tearing it away without splintering bones, unlike Tyrannosaurus, which is thought to have been capable of damaging bones.
The class of chemicals known as heterocyclic amines, or HCAs for short, were first discovered in the 1970s by Japanese scientists, who noted that compounds in the charred parts of cooked fish and meat were capable of damaging cellular and bacterial DNA in test tube experiments.
Studies have also shown that once p38 MAPK pathway is activated, it is capable of damaging antioxidative system that further increases intracellular ROS levels.
