To create ozone, a third oxygen atom is added to an O2 molecule. The extra oxygen atom brings with it a spare unpaired electron causing the O3 ozone molecule to be unstable. This instability is the source of ozone’s power. In simple terms, the ozone molecule with its spare electron has too much energy to be a stable and happy trio and is eager to abandon the extra oxygen atom and find a different receptive place to contribute the singlet electron with all its extra energy.
In human physiology it is the mitochondria and its ATP generating machinery that is the happy recipient of this extra energy derived from the third oxygen atom and its unpaired singlet electron. Our mitochondria use this energy to dramatically increase its ATP production. This energy is also used in the biogenesis of new mitochondria.
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