Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SUPEROXIDE
superoxide, superoxide anion
(noun) the univalent anion O2-; “much of the O2 supporting cellular respiration is reduced to the superoxide anion O2-”
superoxide
(noun) a metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2-
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
superoxide (plural superoxides)
(chemistry) A peroxide
(chemistry) The univalent anion, O2-, obtained from molecular oxygen by adding an electron; any compound containing this anion
Source: Wiktionary
Su`per*ox"ide, n. (Chem.)
Definition: See Peroxide. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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