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Hydrogen peroxide solutions dismutate (i.e., break down) slowly when undisturbed at about the rate of one percent per month. Contrary to popular belief, hydrogen peroxide is not unstable, and even when heated, it will break down very slowly. If this dismutation reaction is rapidly increased in the presence of contaminants such as dust, metal, or glass, it may be quite explosive. Cold retards the dismutation and solutions may be refrigerated or stored at temperatures below zero degrees Celsius. Hydrogen peroxide occurs only in traces in nature, mostly in rain and snow. It has not yet been detected in interstellar space.1 

Early studies on H202 infusions predicted that its half-life is less than one-tenth of a second. However, more recent studies by MacNaughton calculated that the half-life of peroxide ranges from three-quarters of a second to two seconds and is dependent upon the rate of mixing in the blood. 

All species of animals do not react the same to peroxide because there are species differences in catalase en- 

Hydrogen peroxide initially reacts with catalase in the plasma and the white blood cells. Later, it penetrates the cell membrane of erythrocytes (red blood cells), where it reacts with catalase within the cell, and additional oxygen is then released. 

Some of the biological killing activities of hydrogen peroxide may be attributed to interferon. Production of interferon by human killer cells and monocytes is stimulated by hydrogen peroxide. 

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