A Radical Point of View: Journey of a Free Radical in a Struggle Against Enzymes and the Body

You're ozone. Ideally, you're out and about in the atmosphere, protecting life on from harmful radiation, but perhaps your particular molecule was produced by all the pollution and smog in the Los Angeles region. Either way, you're not a free, but still have the potential to wreak havoc, either by directly oxidizing a functional group, or breaking into other cytotoxic substances, including a particularly nasty brand of radical.

What do you want to do?

You have 1 choice: