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hydrogen peroxide

A colorless, heavy, strongly oxidizing liquid, H₂O₂, capable of reacting explosively with combustibles and used principally in aqueous solution as a mild antiseptic, bleaching agent, oxidizing agent, and laboratory reagent.

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hydrogen peroxide

(Elements & Compounds) a colourless oily unstable liquid, usually used in aqueous solution. It is a strong oxidizing agent used as a bleach for textiles, wood pulp, hair, etc, and as an oxidizer in rocket fuels. Formula: H2O2

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hy′drogen perox′ide

a colorless, unstable, oily liquid, H₂O₂, an aqueous solution of which is used chiefly as an antiseptic and a bleaching agent.

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hydrogen peroxide

A colorless, dense liquid, H₂O₂, that is often used as a bleach or is diluted with water for use as an antiseptic.

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Noun

hydrogen peroxide - a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels

peroxide

oxidant, oxidiser, oxidizer, oxidizing agent - a substance that oxidizes another substance

Translations

Wasserstoffperoxid

οξυζενέ

agua oxigenadaperóxido de hidrógeno

vetyperoksidi

eau oxygénée

acqua ossigenata

過酸化水素

과산화수소

waterstofperoxidezwaar water

woda utleniona

väteperoxid

hydrogen peroxide

n → acqua ossigenata

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hy·dro·gen pe·rox·ide

n. peróxido de hidrógeno, agua oxigenada, limpliador y desinfectante.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

hydrogen peroxide

n peróxido de hidrógeno, agua oxigenada (fam)

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Fetal bovine serum (FBS), Hank's balanced salt solution (HBSS), Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM), phosphate buffered saline (PBS), Media 199 and penicillin/streptomycin amphotericin B were from Lonza BioWhittaker (Verviers, Belgium) and hydrogen peroxide (H202) was from Merck (Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA).

The cardioprotective effect of an aqueous extract of fermented rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) on cultured cardiomyocytes derived from diabetic rats

The recovered fibers were bleached with the H202 by suspending in a solution containing 16% [H.sub.2][O.sub.2] (v/v) and 5% NaOH and agitated for 90 min at 5.5[degrees]C.

Properties of thermoplastic starch and TPS/polycaprolactone blend reinforced with sisal whiskers using extrusion processing

For use in isolators, the material of the innermost bag has to meet a further requirement: it must be impermeable to H202 vapor to ensure this universally used bio-decontaminant will not be transferred on the culture media and inhibit microbial growth after sampling.

Environmental monitoring equipment: the latest is cleanrooms & isolator technologies

In this study, both the tolerant genotypes had lower H202 content and electrolyte leakage under drought stress than the susceptible genotypes SARA and TEVEE, while DH-2049 and HN7 (moderately tolerant cultivars) exhibited an intermediate response.

Comparative analysis of phytohormones and oxidative damage in flag leaves of six contrasting wheat genotypes in response to drought stress

However, the H202 method is time-consuming, taking 270 minutes, compared to just 67 minutes for bleach cleaning.

Come together: at the annual meeting of the Consumer Specialty Products Association, attendees learn why the association is more than the sum of its parts

Measuring H202 produced in response to cell surface receptor activation.

An integrated imaging approach to the study of oxidative stress generation by mitochondrial dysfunction in living cells

Direct evidence for catalase as the predominant H202 removing enzyme in human erythrocytes.

Lipid and carbohydrate metabolism in Acatalasemia

Hydrogen peroxide (H202) and ozone therapies (03) are an integrative tool which uses the same free radical killing mechanism that the immune system uses to eradicate foreign invaders.

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Briefly, sections (4 [micro]m thick) were rinsed in PBS for 30 min, digested with proteinase K 50 [micro]l (Tris HCl pH7.8 diluted) for 13 min, then incubated with 3% H202 in methanol for 17 min at room temperature to inactivate endogenous peroxidase.

Alkaloids enriched extract from Dendrobium nobile Lindl. attenuates tau protein hyperphosphorylation and apoptosis induced by lipopolysaccharide in rat brain

The reaction was terminated by adding deionized water (500 mL) followed by adding H202 solution (40 mL, 30%).

Facile preparation of water-dispersible graphene nanosheets by covalent functionalization with poly(3-aminobenzene sulfonic acid)