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Acetyl CoA
A compound formed by the combination of acetate with the coenzyme A acetate is formed from pyruvic acid
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Alcoholic Fermentation
The anaerobic respiration in which the pyruvic acid is further broken into carbon dioxide and ethyl alcohol
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Anabolism
The chemical reactions in living organisms involved in the synthesis of compounds
ATP
Adenosine Triphosphate; The energy currency for cells; Formed of Adenine, Ribose, and phosphate groups
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Autotrophic
Organisms are able to synthesize their own food requirements to simple from simple organic material
Bioenergetics
The study of energy relationships and energy transformations (conversions) in living organisms
Calvin Cycle
The Dark Reaction; The cyclic reactions in which carbon dioxide is fixed to form carbohydrates, using the energy of ATP and Hydrogen of NADPH
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Chlorophyll
The green pigments found in the chloroplasts of photosynthetic eukaryotes and the cytoplasm of photosynthetic prokaryotes
Coenzyme-A
is a coenzyme that plays its role in the synthesis and oxidation of fatty acids.
Electron Transport Chain
A series in which electrons are taken up by electron carriers and they lose energy, which is used to synthesize ATP molecules
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Glycolysis
A step in aerobic and anaerobic respiration in which glucose molecule is broken to yield two molecules of pyruvic acid
Krebs Cycle
The cyclic reactions in aerobic respiration in which the pyruvic acid is further oxidized
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Lactic acid Fermentation
The anaerobic respiration in which the pyruvic acid is reduced into lactic acid
Light Reactions
The reactions of the first phase of photosynthesis in which light energy is captured and is used to make high energy molecules of ATP and NADPH
Limiting Factor
The environmental factor the absence or deficiency of which can decrease the rate of a metabolic reaction
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Photosynthesis
The synthesis of glucose from carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight (and chlorophyll), with oxygen as a by-product
Photosystem
The cluster of photosynthetic pigments in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts
Pigments
The substance is used as coloring. The primary function of pigments in plants is photosynthesis. Chlorophyll is the primary pigment in plants.
Pyruvic acid (CH3COCOOH)
It is an organic acid, a ketone as well as the simplest of the alpha-keto acid.it supplies energy to living cells through the Krebs cycles
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Respiration
Cellular respiration; The process in which the C-H bonds of food are broken by oxidation-reduction reactions, releasing energy, carbon dioxide, and water
Thylakoid
The infoldings formed by the inner membrane of the chloroplast site of the light reactions of photosynthesis
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