Oxidizing

Any substance that rips electrons away from another molecule is known as an oxidizing agent or electrophile. ❋ M.D. Nicholas Perricone (2010)

A firing with excess amount of air intake (oxygen) is called oxidizing and a firing with too little air for complete combustion of the fuel is called reducing. ❋ Unknown (1987)

For how the energetic cycles of that power the cell emerged, that alone has only entertained many interesting possibilities, hot core and cooler oceans, reducing ocean/sea floor/land and more oxidizing atmosphere, molecules generated by incubation in space and subsequent infall to earth, reacting with terrestrial molecules, photochemistry (from a uv-rich sun), concentration gradients of a wide variety of sorts, reactions of molecules produced by energetic processes involving meteor impact/burnup. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Frying destroys the antioxidants in oil, actually oxidizing the oil, which causes even worse problems for your body than trans-fats. ❋ Dr. Joseph Mercola (2011)

Any type of sugar will make a big boom on a bed of potassium chlorate, which is simply an oxidizing agent. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The process of oxidizing brings alive this material, which behaves like fire, dynamic, transmutable and unpredictable. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The secretive California-based energy startup has already amassed around $400 million in venture capital, and have created a device for green power-generation using solid oxide fuel cells, which provide juice by oxidizing a fuel source. ❋ David Milroy (2011)

I'm startled to see my hair circling the drain; my existence is oxidizing, from the top to bottom. ❋ Matt Kang (2010)

"They showed that, even when there is a massive release of methane, the ocean can compensate," said federal microbiologist Terry Hazen at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, who has long championed the use of methane-oxidizing microbes to biodegrade oil spills. ❋ Robert Lee Hotz (2011)

Animals get energy by eating carbohydrates and oxidizing them in a series of enzyme catalyzed reactions that are coupled to the formation of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Black tea, produced when tea leaves undergo an oxidizing process that turns the leaves black, has the strongest flavor and the highest caffeine content -- about one third the caffeine you would get from the same cup of coffee. ❋ Unknown (2010)

How to hide oxidized bananas: The lemon juice in this recipe will keep the bananas from oxidizing, but for good measure (and more flavor), consider topping the pie with chocolate cake crumbs (page 213), processed chocolate cookies, or by grating a few ounces of semisweet chocolate over it. ❋ Buddy Valastro (2010)

Put the pieces in a bowl, drizzle the lemon juice over them, and gently toss to coat them with lemon juice and prevent them from oxidizing. ❋ Buddy Valastro (2010)

Some mild oxidizing agents or electrophiles can have beneficial effects on cellular health. ❋ M.D. Nicholas Perricone (2010)

If a molecule is electron-deficient, it becomes electron-hungry, or electrophilic, and can now be looked upon as an oxidizing agent. ❋ M.D. Nicholas Perricone (2010)