Oxidative mechanisms in the granulocyte activity.
The bactericidal and bacteriolytic activity of the granulocyte occurs with the participation of some species of high oxidative potential such as singlet oxygen (1O2) and hydroxyl radical (.OH). These derive from the superoxide anion (O2-) produced by a pyridine nucleotide oxidising system, initiating phagocytosis.
D000818:Animals; D001433:Bacteriolysis; D004798:Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D010587:Phagocytosis
D004798:Enzymes; D010100:Oxygen