The product of pentose phosphate pathway used in the formation of genetic material is

NADPH

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Ribose

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Ribose-5-phosphate

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Solution

The correct option is D Ribose-5-phosphate
The pentose phosphate pathway is a metabolic pathway that generates NADPH and pentoses along with ribose 5-phosphate that is a precursor for the synthesis of nucleotides present in DNA and RNA. Thus the correct answer is option D.

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