Why do we use hydrogen peroxide? (and should we?)

04/03/2022 36 min Episodio 130
Why do we use hydrogen peroxide? (and should we?)

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For many people, hydrogen peroxide has been an essential first aid tool. Should it be? And before we answer that question, what even is hydrogen peroxide? How does it work? Why does it bubble? How does it clean wounds?
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References from this episode

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5768111/#B8
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.7b03296
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08119
https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00139709-200423010-00006
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/10755530360623383
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12218961_Hydrogen_peroxide_in_the_human_body
https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/organic/organic_peroxide.html
https://pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/57
https://academic.oup.com/plphys/article/119/4/1251/6096311?login=true

 
 
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