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Inflammation is a complex physiological phenomenon involving chemical and enzymatic mechanisms. During this event, Polymorphonuclear Neutrophil Leukocytes (PMNs) play an important role by producing reactive oxygen species (ROS) and releasing myeloperoxidase (MPO), an oxidant enzyme. The latter one has two main activities: chloration and peroxidation, which participate in the host defence against micro-organisms like bacteries and virus. However, an excessive amount of ROS and MPO released in the extracellular medium can cause damages on the surrounding tissues. A possible pathway to control this excessive inflammation is to regulate the peroxidation cycle of MPO with antioxidant molecules acting as inhibitor. Besides its analgesic action, morphine presents antioxidants properties and therefore an interest as inhibitor of MPO. Moreover, it has been proved that morphine can inhibit the ROS production and the PMN degranulation. Therefore, it seems like morphine has a direct action on MPO activities but the exact mechanism of action is still to be elucidated. The aim of the study is to investigate the potential antioxidant activity of morphine on the peroxidation cycle of MPO, in comparison to another peroxidase, Horseradish Peroxidase (HRP). Herein, we investigated the action of morphine on the different intermediates of the peroxidation cycle of MPO, using two spectroscopic techniques: EPR and UV-Visible absorption spectroscopies. As HRP belongs to the peroxidases and is characterized by a quite similar peroxidation cycle to MPO, the comparison with results obtained are also presented and can provide additional information on the mechanisms of action of morphine. The results show that morphine acts as a reducing agent in the peroxidation cycle of the two enzymes, in a way comparable as ascorbic acid. Morphine protects them from inactivation by their natural substrate H2O2, which acts as suicide inactivator at high concentration. Interestingly, our findings show that morphine inhibits the formation of compound III for both enzymes and accelerates their peroxidation cycle, providing a kind of protection to substrate like ABTS used in this study, from oxidation.