Free radical scavenging

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-011675",
  "term": "Free radical scavenging",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Free Radical Scavenging",
  "definition": "Free Radical Scavenging involves interference with, or restraint of, production, by ready combination with, chemically unstable, short half-life and highly reactive molecules carrying at least one unpaired or 'free' electron in the outermost electron shell. Appropriating electron(s) from a nearby molecule and damaging that molecule by altering the electron number in its outermost electron shell, Free Radicals produce tissue damage.",
  "subject": "Biological substances",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/free-radical-scavenging/"
}