Adipose Tissue & Obesity, Specialized Topics
Last Updated: November 7, 2025 Introduction to the Metabolic Syndrome Several years ago Dr. Gerald M. Reaven put forth the concept that the insulin resistance syndrome was the root cause of glucose intolerance, elevated LDL along with reduced HDL, and hypertension....
Biochemistry Topics, Energy Generating Processes
Last Updated: October 22, 2025 Introduction to Oxidative Phosphorylation The large quantity of NADH that results from cytosolic glycolysis and the NADH and FADH2 that results from mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and the TCA...
Biochemistry Topics, Carbohydrate Metabolism
Last Updated: December 2, 2025 Introduction to Fructose The major natural sources of fructose in the human diet are fruits, honey, and sucrose (a disaccharide of glucose and fructose). Under normal dietary intake the majority of the ingested fructose is metabolized by...
