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Lysosomes & Peroxisomes
Lysosomes are membranous sacs that contain digestive enzymes used for digesting bacteria viruses and toxins, degrading nonfunctional organelles, metabolic functions, breaking down nonuseful tissues, and breaking down bone to release calcium.
Peroxisomes are also membranous sacs, but instead of digestive enzymes, they hold oxidase sand catalases. These enzymes are used to breakdown harmful and highly reactive free radicals in the cytosol, which are produced in metabolism and can scramble the cells. They also detoxify alcohol and formaldehyde. Unlike lysosomes, peroxisomes are self-replicating.