Why does the enzyme catalase break down hydrogen peroxide?
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It takes hydrogen peroxide and combines together to make oxygen and water! That’s why your not supposed to but hydrogen peroxide on your cuts because the bacteria on your cut are already exposed to the air and use it to live and divide. If you put hydrogen peroxide on them, since they are aerobes, they effectively dilute it! That’s why you see bubbles when you poor it on the skin, it’s the oxygen! Also hydrogen peroxide acts as a mechanical cleaner of the skin so it can actually harm our skin by killing our fibroblast cells. Source: college medical microbiology
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