What is it about?
Hydrogen peroxide is an oxidant. Its history and involvement in biology is reviewed. I show that it is thermodynamically a weak one-electron oxidant and kinetically a slow two-electron oxidant.
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Why is it important?
Given its reactivity (thermodynamics and kinetics), hydrogen peroxide at low concentrations is an ideal signalling molecule.
Perspectives
We need to know more about the distribution of hydrogen peroxide in various cells.
Professor Willem H. Koppenol
Swiss Federal Insitute of Technology (ETH)
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This page is a summary of: Hydrogen peroxide, from Wieland to Sies, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, April 2016, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2015.09.025.
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