It was observed that pyruvic acid and lactic acid formed in the muscle during glycolysis can be reconverted into glucose (or glycogen) when energy is available (in aerobiosis) and one could wonder whether this neoglucogenesis (or gluconeogenesis, or neoglycogenesis) follows — in the reverse direction — the glycolytic path. In fact, among the reactions leading from glucose to pyruvic acid [...]
In this article we will discuss about the process of formation of ATP by photophosphorylation. Photosynthesis: Light Phase and Dark Phase: Heterotrophic organisms collect from the external medium, comparatively simple organic molecules which can serve as carbon-containing skeletons for their syntheses or as energy source (ATP) when they are oxidized during mitochondrial reactions of respiration according to the general reaction: [...]
In this article we will discuss about the substances that liberate one or more monosaccharides on hydrolysis. The Oligo- and Polysaccharides: Holosides therefore consist exclusively of monosaccharides. Depending on the number of molecules of monosaccharides liberated during hydrolysis there are disaccharides, trisaccharides, etc. We will study particularly two groups of compounds: the disaccharides and the polysaccharides. 1. Disaccharides: There are [...]