ascorbic acid appears to play a role in a number of neutrophil functions including increased chemotaxis , increased particulate ingestion , enhanced lysozyme-mediated non-oxidative killing , protection against the toxic effects of superoxide anion radical , inhibition of the halide-peroxide-myeloperoxidase system without a pronounced bactericidal effect , and stimulation of the hexose monophosphate shunt .
C0038836
superoxide
C0031180
peroxide