TOXICOLOGY: (TYPE OF REACTIONS)

1 __ can READILY ABSTRACT H ATOMS from endogenous compounds, CONVERTING those compounds into RADICALS.

2 Radicals can also remove hydrogen from __ of free amino acids or from amino acid residues in proteins and convert them to __, forming crosslinks with DNA or other proteins.

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(TYPE OF REACTIONS)

1 __ can READILY ABSTRACT H ATOMS from endogenous compounds, CONVERTING those compounds into RADICALS.

2 Radicals can also remove hydrogen from __ of free amino acids or from amino acid residues in proteins and convert them to __, forming crosslinks with DNA or other proteins.

LEIGHTON DWIGHT OBILLOS · Accepted Answer

(Hydrogen Abstraction)

1 Neutral free radicals

2) CH2 groups, 
carbonyls

TOXICOLOGY

(TYPE OF REACTIONS) 1 can READILY ABSTRACT H ATOMS from endogenous compounds, CONVERTING those compounds into RADICALS. 2 Radicals can also remove hydrogen from of free amino acids or from amino acid residues in proteins and convert them to __, forming crosslinks with DNA or other proteins.

(Hydrogen Abstraction) 1 Neutral free radicals 2) CH2 groups, carbonyls

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