Cellular Respiration (Paperback)

What happens to a meal after it is eaten? Food consists primarily of lipids, proteins and carbohydrates (sugars). How do cells in the body process food once it is eaten and turned it into a form of energy that other cells can use? This book examines some of the classic experimental data that revealed how cells break down food to extract the energy. Metabolism of food is regulated so that energy extraction increases when needed and slows down when not needed. This type of self-regulation is all part of the complex web of enzymes that convert food into energy. Adding to this complexity is that all food eventually winds up as two carbon bits that are all processed the same way. This book will also reveal why animals breathe oxygen and how that relates to the end of the energy extraction process and oxygen's only role in the body. Rather than look at all the details, this book takes a wider view and shows how cellular respiration is self-regulating.

General

Imprint:	Momentum Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2016
Authors:	A.Malcolm Campbell • Christopher J Paradise
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 4mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	100
ISBN-13:	978-1-60650-997-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > General Promotions
LSN:	1-60650-997-7
Barcode:	9781606509975

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