Example sentences for: oxygen

How can you use “oxygen” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • [ 10 ] suggested that the actual source of oxidative power of Martian soil could be highly redox active oxygen species formed in the atmosphere by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, and Hunten [ 11 ] examined this hypothesis much earlier.

  • One possibility is that mutant SOD1 catalyzes abnormal redox reactions, thereby producing toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) and damaging cellular structures in its vicinity.

  • It is likely that growth inhibition is attributable to metabolic causes arising from both oxygen delivery and mitochondrial insufficiencies associated with iron deficiency [ 14 ] . The growth data for both the control and iron deficient groups are also similar to that reported for male Wistar rats fed an iron and copper deficient diet [ 15 ] , but the iron deficient rats at 52 days of age were larger than reports of 10 week old Harlan Sprague-Dawley rats fed an AIN-76 iron deficient diet [ 17 ] .

  • They can act as anti-oxidants (to prevent damage from oxygen radicals), as chaperones (to prevent misfolded proteins from forming aggregates), as antimicrobials (to protect against bacteria and fungi), and as metabolic agents.

  • Thermoplasma, although facultatively aerobic, respires sulfur rather than oxygen.


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