If Glucose Is the Sole Energy Source, What Fraction of the Carbon

question 35

Multiple Choice

If glucose is the sole energy source, what fraction of the carbon dioxide exhaled by animals is generated only by the reactions involved in oxidation of pyruvate to acetyl CoA?

• A) 1/6
• B) 1/3
• C) 2/3
• D) all of it

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