The superoxide anion is the starting point of the cascade of reactions that result in the production of free radicals. Superoxide dismutase, together with catalase, form the first line of the body’s antioxidant defenses which Biopox produces in a recombinant form.
Above all, SOD is the enzymatic antioxidant with the highest reaction rate with its substrate, the superoxide anion, which is readily dismissed into hydrogen peroxide, substance much less reactive. Afterwards, other enzymes will convert hydrogen peroxide into molecular oxygen and water.
Biopox also provides support to extraction processes design of antioxidant molecules from plant biomass and to the preparing formulation from them.