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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: Analyst. 2013 Jun 4;138(15):4363–4369. doi: 10.1039/c3an00459g

Table 1.

Reduction potential of the selected ROS at pH=7 at 25 °C

ROS Half-Reaction Eo, V, vs. NHE Eo, V, vs. Eof
Oxygen O2 + e → O2·− −0.1836 −0.56
Hydrogen peroxide H2O2 + e +H+ → OH·− +H2O +0.3936 −0.01
Singlet oxygen O2 (1Δg) + e → O2·− +0.8136 +0.41
Superoxide O2·−+ e → O22− +0.9136 +0.51
Nitrogen dioxide NO2· + e → NO2 +0.9937 +0.59
Hydroperoxyl HO2· + e +H+ → H2O2 +1.0536 +0.65
Peroxynitrite ONOO + e +2H+ → NO2·+ H2O +1.4037 +1.00
Carbonate radical CO3·− + e → CO32− +1.7838 +1.38
Hydroxyl radical OH·− + H+ + e → H2O + 2.3136 +1.91