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Experiments on glucose metabolism

Objectives

By the end of this exercise you should be able to:

Explain the importance of ADP, NAD and inorganic phosphate in the metablism of glucose.

Explain how the metabolism of 1 mol of glucose leads to the formation of 2 mol of lactate and 2 mol of ATP.

Describe the pathway of glycolysis and explain how it is possible to maintain anaerobic glycolysis in muscle and red blood cells.