Answer:
Nascent oxygen is very reactive and can
react with different biomolecules. Nascent oxygen is a permanent oxidizing agent.
It is highly reactive and can react readily with different kind of molecules
including DNA, proteins present in the cells of aerobic life forms.
It is thus, considered toxic if it
reacts with DNA, it can lead to mutations and defective proteins, both
structural and functional. Similarly if it reacts with proteins and enzymes,
they are degraded and many metabolic pathways may hence be impaired.
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