Reducing agent

Introduction: Reducing agent

Description of Reducing agent

Reducing agent: reactant in a redox reaction which undergoes a net loss of electrons; do not confuse with WEIGHT CONTROL AGENT.
Source: CRISP

Reducing agent: Materials that add an electron to an element or compound, that is, decrease the positiveness of its valence. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Reducing agent: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Reducing agent:

• Agent
• Reactant
• Redox
• Reaction
• Net
• Loss
• Electrons
• WEIGHT
• WEIGHT symptoms (2043 causes)
• CONTROL

Terms associated with Reducing agent:

More specific terms for Reducing agent:

• antioxidant
• borane

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Reducing agent

• reagent /indicator

Source - CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Reducing agent:

• free radical scavenger

Source: CRISP

The description of Reducing agent may also be used for the following terms:

• electron donor

Source: CRISP

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