Which of the Following RBC Metabolic Pathways Produces the Pyridine

question 56

Multiple Choice

Which of the following RBC metabolic pathways produces the pyridine nucleotide NADPH from NADP⁺ along with reduced glutathione to provide the main line of defense against oxidative injury?

• A) Embden-Meyerhof
• B) Hexose monophosphate (phosphogluconate)
• C) Methemoglobin reductase
• D) Luebering-Rapaport
• E) None of the above

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