Understanding cellular metabolic process will help us to understand the disease process when some metabolic events go wrong!! With this blog I would like to share my medical biochemistry knowledge with you!!!
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Energy sources for brain and other tissues during fasting and starvation.
During fasting and starvation as a physiological adaptation mechanism different reserves are used in our body to provide the energy needs of different tissues in.ucding brain and RBCs. Initial energy source is glycogen and then it shifts to protein breakdown and lipolysis. Please watch the video below to learn more.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Energy yield from breakdown of glycogen
Are you wondering how many ATPs you get from the glucose 1-phosphate released from glycogen? Please watch my video on this topic.
Energy from complete oxidation of glucose.
Want to know how many ATPs you get on oxidation of glucose then please my video on energy yield from complete oxidation of glucose to 6 CO2.
http://youtu.be/Ax3ZYW0RN1Q