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“Paradoxically, the same redox properties of copper can make it extremely dangerous because it can catalyze production of free radical intermediates from molecular oxygen.”
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics • 2003 | View Paper
“In the presence of molecular oxygen , the BOD cofactor containing 4 copper ions require an overpotential about 150 mV to be reduced as compared to that in the absence of oxygen.”
“The presence of transition biometal ions, specifically copper and iron, induces ROS formation by catalyzing the reduction of molecular oxygen to superoxide anion (O2˙-), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and hydroxyl (HO˙) radical.”
Metallomics : integrated biometal science • 2020 | View Paper
“ Copper in the presence of excess 1,10-phenanthroline, a reducing agent, and molecular oxygen causes cleavage of DNA with a preference for T-3',5'-A-steps, particularly in TAT triplets.”