Which of the following is true of the relationship between thiols and disulfides?
A) Thiols are easily oxidized to disulfides, and disulfides are easily reduced to thiols.
B) Thiols are not easily oxidized to disulfides, and disulfides are not easily reduced to thiols.
C) Thiols are easily oxidized to disulfides, but disulfides are not easily reduced to thiols.
D) Thiols are not easily oxidized to disulfides, but disulfides are easily reduced to thiols.

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Thiols can be easily oxidized to form disulfides, and similarly, disulfides can be readily reduced back to thiols, making this process reversible and significant in biological systems, such as in the formation and breaking of disulfide bonds in proteins.

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