Oxidation of saturated fatty acids biology discussion
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The major pathway by which free fatty acids are catabolized is the β-oxidation spiral, so called because the P-carbon of the fatty acid is oxidized to a keto-group before the molecule is cleaved into a two carbon unit and a longer chain shorter by two carbon atoms.
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Biological oxidation is the combination of oxidation-reduction transformations of substances in living organisms. Oxidation-reduction reactions are those which take place with a change in the oxidation state of atoms through the redistribution of electrons between them.
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