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Anabolic pathways build new molecules out of the products of catabolic pathways.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

That’s a situation Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse and Orrin Hatch hope to change with the bipartisan Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2014.

From Slate • May 29, 2014

Anabolic hormones are required for the synthesis of molecules and include growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor, insulin, testosterone, and estrogen.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Anabolic reactions, or biosynthetic reactions, synthesize larger molecules from smaller constituent parts, using ATP as the energy source for these reactions.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Anabolic: the constructive change from food material to animal tissue: see katabolic.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.