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cycle

In physics, a sequence of changes in which a system moves away from, and then back to, its original state. An example is a vibration in which a particle moves first in one direction and then in the opposite direction, with the particle returning to its original position at the end of the each cycle.



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5), (6) Since the TCA cycle has been turned off in cancer cells, the only ATP-generating pathway remaining in operation is the glycolytic pathway from sugar to pyruvate/lactate, producing a much smaller amount of ATP compared with that of the TCA cycle.
In the present investigation, we have evaluated mitochondrial LPO, 8-oxo-dG, oxidized glutathione, reduced glutathione, ATP, lipoic acid, TCA cycle enzymes and electron transport chain (ETC) complex activities in the brain of young versus aged rats.
For example, amino acids, fatty acids and sugars are converted to acetyl CoA for entry into the TCA cycle and oxidation to energy.
 
 
 
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