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Glucose is essential for the functioning of the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) and cannot be substituted by other metabolites.
Practitioners should recognize the critical role of glucose in metabolic pathways.
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For the functioning of pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) glucose is essential and cannot be substituted by other metabolites.
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The abstract presents a comprehensive overview of glucose's metabolic roles.
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Glucose as a Major Antioxidant: When, What for and Why It Fails?
Andriy Cherkas et al. · Preprints.org · 2020
DOI 10.20944/preprints201912.0165.v2
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