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Hypochlorous |
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Hy`po`chlo´rous
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Alternatively, MPO produces hypochlorous acid that can chlorinate L-arginine and render it unusable by NOS as a substrate for NO production (Zhang et al. New research by Louisiana State University shows that hypochlorous acid, the active ingredient in EfferCept teat dip, is effective against three species of Mycoplasma that cause mastitis. For decades, immunologists thought they knew how bacteria-killing cells called neutrophils finished off the microbes they engulfed: Through a so-called respiratory burst, the cells attack bacteria inside them with highly reactive oxygen molecules known as free radicals and with hypochlorous acid, the agent in common laundry bleach. |
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