catabolic

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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.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The digestible carbohydrates in an animal’s diet are converted to glucose molecules through a series of catabolic chemical reactions.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Physical exercise involves both catabolic and anabolic processes.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Several of the intermediate compounds in the citric acid cycle can be used in synthesizing non-essential amino acids; therefore, the cycle is both anabolic and catabolic.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

She has, if you please, become temporarily catabolic.

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