Sentence examples for scavenger it from inspiring English sources

For EGCG to be effective as a radical scavenger, it must be present at micromolar levels in tissues, whereas its indirect effect can be achieved at much lower tissue concentrations, typically in the range 0.1 1.0 µM (Shimizu and Weinstein 2005).

Pyruvate has three beneficial effects that may contribute towards its inhibition of MPTP opening: it is a free radical scavenger, it maintains a lower intracellular pH during the early phase of reperfusion and it is an excellent fuel for ATP synthesis that bypasses the ATP-requiring steps of glycolysis [75,96].

One hypothesis maintains that its astonishing size and shocking armoury of teeth and claws are the hallmarks of a specialist scavenger: it specialised in driving giant lions and sabretooth cats off their prey.

As a scavenger it reduces oxidative uncoupling of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) leading to further ROS production [26,27].

Furthermore, for an antioxidant compound to be an effective free-radical scavenger, it is important to have the right concentration of the antioxidant in the right place at the right time.

Whereas this lack of substrate specificity might, in earlier times, have been interpreted as evidence for an "under-evolved" enzyme (befitting the role of "scavenger"), it is now well recognized that substrate promiscuity is a key trait of highly evolvable enzymes (for review, see ref (13)).

Using radical scavengers, it was determined that titania TC oxidation occurs principally by direct hole oxidation with participation of hydroxyl radicals and that the oxidation on ZnO is driven mainly by hydroxyl radical.

At the chemical level, when talking about ROS and ROS scavengers, it is crucial to know what kinds of molecules are involved.

If this occurred with decaying salmon carcasses and waste products from predators and scavengers, it would result in elevated δN values in the soil and vegetation, which would lead to inflated MDN calculations, although we are unable to evaluate the extent of this possible effect.

Since weather loaches, and especially all other loaches are scavengers it would be best to feed them, sinking algae wafers or, bloodworms, or brine shrimp.

It is generally a scavenger when it comes to game meat, and rarely engages in hunting large animals.