Assertion: oxygen | /r/HasProperty | reduced in normal conditions
Facets:
value: to produce water
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: In normal conditions, the oxygen is reduced to produce water; however, in about 0.1–2% of electrons passing through the chain (this number derives from studies in isolated mitochondria, though the exact rate in live organisms is yet to be fully agreed upon), oxygen is instead prematurely and incompletely reduced to give the superoxide radical (•O−