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- Subject: re: H2O2 Version 2.1
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.130323.661@cine88.cineca.it>
- From: lunazzi@boifcc.cineca.it (Mauro Andrea Cremonini)
- Date: 19 Nov 92 13:03:23 +0100
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- In article <1992Nov19.035923.8381@news.acns.nwu.edu> dmeier@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Douglas Meier) writes:
- >I asked earlier what the reaction was between H2O2 and flesh (i.e. why the
- >bubbles) and got two responses.
- >
- >1) It breaks down into H20 and O2, with some O radicals reacting with the
- >skin.
- >
- >2) Oxidation reaction where H2O and CO2 are the gases given off.
- >
- >Now I know that H2O2 can be an oxidizing agent or a reducing agent, dependent
- >on the conditions, but I don't know which way this reaction occurs under
- >conditions of H2O2 reacting with organic materials.
- >
- >Any more suggestions?
- >
-
- What about peroxydase enzyme ?
- Bye
- Mauro
- P.S.
- In that case the gas is O2.
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- |Mauro Andrea Cremonini (IW4BOX) | //\\
- |Dept. Organic Chemistry | ///\\\
- |University, Bologna, ITALY | \\\///
- |e-mail lunazzi@boifcc.cineca.it | \\//
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