What factors are responsible for the greater yield of ATP per carbon atom when fatty acids are completely oxidised to CO2 and water compared with glucose?

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 209-210

  Darvey, Ivan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; PALMITIC ACID; STEARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GLYCOLYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0032745356     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0307-4412(98)00269-6     Document Type: Article

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