adjective

• Relating to the process or result of oxidizing or being oxidized.

  ‘oxidative reactions’

  More example sentences

  • ‘In addition, nonsmokers also exhibited significant oxidative damage decreases.’
  • ‘Oxidative stress is the term given to the destructive process caused by free radical molecules.’
  • ‘Potassium salts have effects on pH and thus on microbiological activity and oxidative stability.’
  • ‘Beck and Levander wondered whether other viruses were susceptible to changes in the oxidative environment of their host cells.’
  • ‘The changes that take place often involve oxidative processes and are therefore dependent on oxygen.’