alkoxyl

English

Etymology

alkoxy +‎ -yl

Noun

alkoxyl (plural alkoxyls)

  1. The alkoxy radical
    • 2015 April 2, Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye et al., “Reactive Oxygen Species, Apoptosis, Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Inflammatory Diseases”, in Pharmaceuticals‎, volume 8, →DOI:
      ROS can be grouped into oxygen-centered radicals: hydroxyl radical (·OH), peroxyl radical (ROO·), alkoxyl radical (RO·), superoxide anion (·O 2 –) and oxygen-centered non-radicals: singlet oxygen ( 1 O 2 ) and hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) [ 3 ].

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