high-energy phosphates

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• high-energy compounds — compounds containing high energy bonds (q.v.); because they yield high levels of free energy on hydrolysis, the compounds are basic to the energy supply of living organisms. Important classes include acid anhydrides (e.g., adenosine triphosphate …   Medical dictionary

• metabolism — /meuh tab euh liz euhm/, n. 1. Biol., Physiol. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Cf. anabolism, catabolism …   Universalium

• respiration, human — ▪ physiology Introduction       the process by which oxygen is taken up and carbon dioxide discharged. The design of the respiratory system  The human gas exchanging organ, the lung, is located in the thorax, where its delicate tissues are… …   Universalium

• Phosphate — A form of phosphoric acid. Calcium phosphate makes bones and teeth hard. * * * 1. A salt or ester of phosphoric acid. For individual phosphates not listed here, see under the name of the base. 2. The trivalent ion, PO43−. bone p. SYN: tribasic… …   Medical dictionary

• Pyrophosphate — Pyrophosphate …   Wikipedia

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• muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …   Universalium

• Phosphagen — The phosphagens are energy storage compounds, also known as high energy phosphate compounds, are chiefly found in muscular tissue in animals. They allow a high energy phosphate pool to be maintained in a concentration range, which, if it all were …   Wikipedia

• compound — 1. In chemistry, a substance formed by the covalent or electrostatic union of two or more elements, generally differing entirely in physical characteristics from any of its components. 2. In pharmacy, denoting a preparation containing several… …   Medical dictionary

• Phosphocreatine — Phosphocreatine …   Wikipedia

• Stanley Salmons — (1939 ) was born in Clapton, East London, and was educated at St. Marylebone Grammar School. Awarded a Royal Scholarship, he attended Imperial College London, from which he graduated in Physics and went on to gain a D.I.C. in Electronics and… …   Wikipedia