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6. Pentose Phosphate Pathway of Glucose Oxidation

The Oxidative Phase Produces NADPH and Pentose Phosphates

BOX 14-4 Why Pythagoras Wouldn’t Eat Falafel: Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

The Nonoxidative Phase Recycles Pentose Phosphates to Glucose 6-Phosphate

Glucose 6-Phosphate Is Partitioned between Glycolysis and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway

Thiamine Deficiency Causes Beriberi and Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome