Assertion: catalase | /r/CapableOf | decompose hydrogen peroxide
Facets:
value: to oxygen
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to water
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: readily
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: As it decomposes hydrogen peroxide to innocuous products such as water and oxygen, catalase is used against numerous oxidative stress-related diseases as a therapeutic agent.
text: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Human serum contains many enzymes such as catalase, glutathione reductase and peroxidase, which readily decompose hydrogen peroxide to oxygen and water, the most important of these enzymes being serum catalase [EC 1.11.1.6] .