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Pentose phosphate pathway
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Pentose phosphate pathway

Definition noun (biochemistry) A glucose metabolic pathway in which five-carbon sugars (pentoses) and NADPH are synthesized... Read More

Bypass
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Bypass

Bypass 1. A shunt or auxiliary flow. 2. (Science: surgery) to create new flow from one structure to another through a... Read More

Distal
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Distal

Definition adjective (1) (anatomy) Characterized by being far from the point of anatomical reference. (2) (anatomy) Being... Read More

Hexose
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Hexose

Definition noun, plural: hexoses A six-carbon monosaccharide Supplement Monosaccharides are the simplest form of... Read More