Metabolism - Wikipedia
2021-12-10u2002·u2002Metabolism ( m ə ˈ t æ b ə l ɪ z ə m /, from Greek: μεταβολή metabolē, 'change') is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.The three main purposes of metabolism are: the conversion of the energy in food to energy available to run cellular processes; the conversion of food to building blocks for proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and some …
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