DATA:

Free radicals QUALIFIER:

are molecules with only one
electron, Both may be reactive
an unpaired electron, in theirbut the unsaturated
outer orbital
fats may be caused
have a habit of stealing
electrons from any moleculeby free radicals
they come across to make
themselves stable
CLAIM:
Lushchak VI. FREE
RADICALS, REACTIVE Oxygen radicals are
OXYGEN SPECIES, reactive species.
OXIDATIVE STRESSES AND Unsaturated fatty acids
THEIR CLASSIFICATIONS. are also reactive.
Ukr Biochem J. 2015 Nov- Therefore, unsaturated
Dec;87(6):11-8. doi: fatty acids are also
10.15407/ubj87.06.011. PMID: radicals.
27025055.

Hasanuzzaman, M., & Prasad,

M. N. V. (2020). Handbook of WARRANT:
Bioremediation. Elsevier
Gezondheidszorg.OxidativeBoth Oxygen
stress was induced by the Radicals and
REBUTTAL:
generation of reactive oxygenunsaturated fatty
species (ROS), which in acids are reactive,
Not because
responsethey
alterare
the balance thus sharing the
both reactive,
between they
free radicals and characteristic of
reactive species, which
being radicals.
showed cytotoxic responses.
BACKING:
Looking at the
characteristics or radicals

While it may be deemed as radical, it may not necessarily be. In the book of
Hasanuzzaman and Prasad (2020), they stated that “Unsaturated fats were damaged because
of oxidative stress after they directly reacted with free oxygen radical (Chen et al., 2016). This
metabolic reaction is named as lipid peroxidation (LPO). The addition of an oxygen molecule is
carried out by two major ways, that is, one is enzymatic lipid peroxidation by enzymes, and the
other one is nonenzymatic lipid peroxidation carried by free radicals.”1 This gives me the
qualifier that not because they are both reactive, it will be automatically be considered as
radical. It is the case where unsaturated fatty acids may be caused by another free radicals.

1 Hasanuzzaman, M., & Prasad, M. N. V. (2020). Handbook of Bioremediation. Elsevier Gezondheidszorg.

Oxidative stress was induced by the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which in response alter
the balance between free radicals and reactive species, which showed cytotoxic responses.