BIOCHEMISTRY - Textbook - Ostapchenko L. I. - 2012

Chapter 16. ENERGY METABOLISM

16.1. Biological Oxidation

Catabolic processes in animal Cells are accompanied by the consumption of oxygen, which is essential for oxidation reactions. These reactions result in the release of energy required by organisms to perform various types of work during vital activity. While non-biological systems can operate using thermal energy, biological systems function under isothermal conditions and utilize chemical energy to drive life processes. The Study of energy transformations accompanying Chemical Reactions is the focus of bioenergetics, or biochemical Thermodynamics.

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