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Metabolism (/məˈtæbəlɪzəm/, from Gr****: μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining
chemical reactions in organisms. The
three main functions...
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Lipid metabolism is the
synthesis and
degradation of
lipids in cells,
involving the
breakdown and
storage of fats for
energy and the
synthesis of structural...
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Carbohydrate metabolism is the
whole of the
biochemical processes responsible for the
metabolic formation, breakdown, and
interconversion of carbohydrates...
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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is a
coenzyme central to
metabolism.
Found in all
living cells, NAD is
called a
dinucleotide because it consists...
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Information metabolism,
sometimes referred to as
informational metabolism or energetic-informational
metabolism, is a
psychological theory of interaction...
- Drug
metabolism is the
metabolic breakdown of
drugs by
living organisms,
usually through specialized enzymatic systems. More generally,
xenobiotic metabolism...
- The
Lumen metabolism tracker is a
product for
measuring metabolism,
developed and
marketed by
MetaFlow Ltd., d.b.a. Lumen.
Lumen is a
health and wellness...
- Cr****ulacean acid
metabolism, also
known as CAM photosynthesis, is a
carbon fixation pathway that
evolved in some
plants as an
adaptation to arid conditions...
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Secondary metabolism (also
called specialized metabolism) is a term for
pathways and
small molecule products of
metabolism that are
involved in ecological...
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Calcium metabolism is the
movement and
regulation of
calcium ions (Ca2+) in (via the gut) and out (via the gut and kidneys) of the body, and
between body...
