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Published in final edited form as: Trends Cell Biol. 2014 Dec 11;25(3):158–170. doi: 10.1016/j.tcb.2014.11.002

Table 1.

A list of common antioxidants and their reactions.

Reducing agent

Reaction

superoxide dimutase

2 O_{2}^{-} + 2 H^{+} \to H_{2} O_{2} + O_{2}

Catalase

2H₂O₂ → 2H₂O + O₂

Peroxiredoxins

2RSH + H₂O₂ → RSSR + 2H₂O

Glutathione peroxidase/Glutathione

2GSH + H₂O₂ → GSSG + 2H₂O

Vitamin E/C

Vit_red + RO₂ → Vit_Ox + RH