reducing agent
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element or compound that loses (or "donates") an electron to another chemical species in a redox chemical reaction; losing electrons,oxidized,"reduces" (are "oxidized" by) oxidizers (oxidizing agents)
Research
131,743 papers- Hydroperoxyl radical (HOO(•)) as a reducing agent: unexpected synergy with antioxidants. A review.Free radical research · 2023
- A Systematic Review of Gastric Acid-Reducing Agent-Mediated Drug-Drug Interactions with Orally Administered Medications.Clinical pharmacokinetics · 2020
- Reducing contrast agent residuals in hospital wastewater: the GREENWATER study protocol.European radiology experimental · 2023
- Reducing Agent-Mediated Nonenzymatic Conversion of 2-Oxoglutarate to Succinate: Implications for Oxygenase Assays.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2020
- Seeing the wood for the trees: Insights into reducing inhalational agent consumption.Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2021
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In chemistry, a reducing agent (also known as a reductant, reducer, or electron donor) is a chemical species that "donates" an electron to an electron recipient (called the oxidizing agent, oxidant, oxidizer, or electron acceptor).
Examples of substances that are common reducing agents include hydrogen, carbon monoxide, the alkali metals, formic acid, oxalic acid, and sulfite compounds.