catabolic

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The cell responds to the abundance of specific products by slowing down production during anabolic or catabolic reactions.

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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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Physical exercise involves both anabolic and catabolic processes.

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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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She has, if you please, become temporarily catabolic.

From A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. by Hecker, Eugene Arthur