catabolic
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Physical exercise involves both catabolic and anabolic processes.
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Physical exercise involves both anabolic and catabolic processes.
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Figure 7.18 Glycogen from the liver and muscles, hydrolyzed into glucose-1-phosphate, together with fats and proteins, can feed into the catabolic pathways for carbohydrates.
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On the other hand, the catabolic process of breaking sugar down into simpler molecules releases energy in a series of exergonic reactions.
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One had an anabolic metabolism, one a catabolic.
From The Venus Trap by Smith, Evelyn E.
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