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What is a superoxide?

What is a superoxide? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (chemistry) A peroxide
  2. (chemistry) The univalent anion, O2-, obtained from molecular oxygen by adding an electron; any compound containing this anion
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The superoxide anion radical is capable of causing as much cellular damage as singlet oxygen.
Xanthine oxidase catalyses the oxidation of xanthine and hypoxanthine to uric acid and is a well-known producer of superoxide radicals.
Xanthine oxidase, a flavoprotein, catalyses the oxidation of hypoxanthine to xanthine and then generated superoxide and uric acid.
Xanthine oxidase uses molecular oxygen as an electron acceptor, resulting in the formation of superoxide radicals.
Subsequent oxidation-reduction reactions can also produce superoxide anions, hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radicals.
These included transcripts for an ascorbate peroxidase and two superoxide dismutases.

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