Overview of Carbohydrate metabolism

what is a reducing sugar

when sugars donate electrons to reduce another compound
what is gluconeogenesis

converts pyruvate to glucose
what is glycogenesis

synthesis of glycogen
what is the product of pentose phosphate pathway (PPP)
- produces NADPH
- produce Ribose-5-P for nucleic acid synthesis
what is glycolysis

splits glucose to pyruvate
what are the insulin sensitive tissues
- adipose
- muscle
what are the insulin insensitive tissues
- brain
- RBC
- liver

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Overview of Carbohydrate metabolism

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terms and insulin sensitive tissues

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2018-12-06T23:32:48Z

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