A chemical reaction in which an electron is transferred from one molecule to another.
The electron-donating molecule is the reducing agent or reductant; the electron-accepting
molecule is the oxidizing agent or oxidant. Reducing and oxidizing agents function
as conjugate reductant-oxidant pairs or redox pairs (Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry,
1982, p471)
Note générale sur le champ d'application :
IM for general only; NIM with no qualif with specific drug IM