Why is nascent oxygen supported to be toxic to aerobic life forms

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39. Why is nascent oxygen supported to be toxic to aerobic life forms?


Nascent oxygen is very reactive and can react with different biomolecules. It is considered to be toxic to the aerobic life forms because oxygen can be converted into nascent oxygen . The nascent oxygen acts as a permanent oxidising agent and react with biomolecules like DNA to cause mutation and proteins to cause their degradation.
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